Calculus

Calculus

Calculus is the mathmatical study of change. Calculus has two branches, differential calculus and integral calculus.

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Curve sketching

Mathematics; Calculus

The process of graphing a function or relation with the first derivative and second derivative with the coordinates of all discontinuities, extrema, and inflexion points accurately plotted.

An extension of trigonometry with the standard six hyperbolic trigonometry functions defined using ''e x '' and ''e –x ''. The six functions are: sinh ''x'', cosh ''x'', tanh ''x'', csch ''x'', sech ...

First order differential equation

Mathematics; Calculus

An differential equation in which the highest derivative is a first derivative, i.e. an ordinary differential equation of order 1. As an example, ''y' '' + ''xy'' = 1 is a first order differential ...

tangent line

Mathematics; Calculus

The tangent line to a function is a straight line that just touches the function at a particular point and has the same slope as the function at that point.

simple harmonic motion (SHM)

Mathematics; Calculus

Any periodic motion that can be modeled using a sinusoid. In other words, simple harmonic motion is motion that can be described using a sine or cosine function. Examples include the swinging of a ...

general antiderivative

Mathematics; Calculus

If F(x ) is an antiderivative of a function f(x ), then F(x ) + C is called the general antiderivative of f(x ).

Riemann sum

Mathematics; Calculus

A Riemann sum is a sum of several terms, each of the form f ( x i )Δ x , each representing the area below a function f ( x ) on some interval if f ( x ) is positive or the negative of that area ...