Calculus

Calculus

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

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Multiply

Mathematics; Calculus

To perform multiplication on two numbers. To increase in number, especially by reproducing is also called multiplication.

Multiplication

Mathematics; Calculus

A mathematical operation that is a short way of adding a certain number to itself the number of times indicated by a second number.

Multiplier

Mathematics; Calculus

The number by which another number is to be multiplied. In the equation 5(4)= 20, the multiplier is 4.

Pascal

Mathematics; Calculus

French mathematician who in 1642 invented the first mechanical calculator. In 1654, he helped develop the first theory of probability.

Normal line

Mathematics; Calculus

The normal line to a curve at a point is the line perpendicular to the tangent line at that point.

First derivative test for local extrema

Mathematics; Calculus

A method used to determine whether a critical point of a function is a local maximum or local minimum. If a continuous function changes from increasing (first derivative positive) to decreasing ...

Second derivative test for local extrema

A method used to determine whether a critical point of a function is a local maximum or local minimum. If f'(x ) =; 0 and the second derivative is positive at this point, then the point is a local ...