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Calculus
Calculus is the mathmatical study of change. Calculus has two branches, differential calculus and integral calculus.
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critical point
Mathematics; Calculus
A critical point of a function is a point ( x, f(x )) with x in the domain of the function and either f'(x ) =; 0 or f'(x ) undefined. Critical points are among the candidates to be maximum or ...
implicit differentiation
Mathematics; Calculus
A procedure for finding the derivative of a function which has not been given explicitly in the form " f(x ) =;".
instantaneous rate of change
Mathematics; Calculus
One way of interpreting the derivative of a function is to understand it as the instantaneous rate of change of that function, the limit of the average rates of change between a fixed point and other ...
instantaneous velocity
Mathematics; Calculus
One way of interpreting the derivative of a function s(t ) is to understand it as the velocity at a given moment t of an object whose position is given by the function s(t ).
integration by parts
Mathematics; Calculus
One of the most common techniques of integration, used to reduce complicated integrals into one of the basic integration forms.
intercept form
Mathematics; Calculus
The intercept form for the equation of a line is x/a + y/b =; 1, where the line has its x -intercept (the place where the line crosses the x -axis) at the point ( a ,0) and its y -intercept ...
limit
Mathematics; Calculus
A function f(x ) has the value L for its limit as x approaches c if as the value of x gets closer and closer to c , the value of f(x ) gets closer and closer to L .
