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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Precalc Summary |
| 3 | +description: This is a collection of precalculus concepts. |
| 4 | +slug: 20240621-precalc |
| 5 | +lang: en |
| 6 | +date: 2024-06-21 |
| 7 | +type: Post |
| 8 | +tags: |
| 9 | + - math |
| 10 | +--- |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +_This isn't completely related to computer science so I didn't include the tag :P. Functions in this article only have |
| 13 | +single variables._ |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +## Limit |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +```math |
| 18 | +\lim_{x \rightarrow a^{+}}{f(x)} = b |
| 19 | +``` |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +represents the fact that when $x$ approaches $a$ from right, $f$ approaches $b$, which is called a "right limit". |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +```math |
| 24 | +\lim_{x \rightarrow a^{-}}{f(x)} = b |
| 25 | +``` |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +represents the fact that when $x$ approaches $a$ from left, $f$ approaches $b$, which is called a "left limit". |
| 28 | +When both of them are the same, that is |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +```math |
| 31 | +\lim_{x \rightarrow a^{+}}{f(x)} = \lim_{x \rightarrow a^{-}}{f(x)} = b |
| 32 | +``` |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +, we say that when $x$ approaches $a$, $f$ approaches $b$, which is |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +```math |
| 37 | +\lim_{x \rightarrow a}{f(x)} = b |
| 38 | +``` |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +, this also shows that $f$ has a limit at $x=a$. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +## Continuity |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +For a function to be continuous in a certain interval, it must first have limit in that interval. If $f: R \rightarrow R, f(x)$ is |
| 45 | +continuous given $x \in [a,b]$, then it must satisfy the following facts: |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +1. For all $c$ in $[a,b]$, $f$ at $x=c$ must have a limit that is defined. |
| 48 | +2. For all $c$ in $[a,b]$, $f(c) = \lim_{x \rightarrow c}{f(c)}$ |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +## Derivative |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +A function's derivative with respect to a specific variable is the function's change regarding the change of the specified variable. |
| 53 | +For example, the derivative of $f: R \rightarrow R, f(x)$ regarding $x$ is $\frac{df}{dx}$. |
| 54 | +It can be defined like this: |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +```math |
| 57 | +\frac{df(x)}{dx} = \lim_{h \rightarrow 0}{\frac{f(x+h) - f(x)}{h}} |
| 58 | +``` |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +## Differentiable |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +When a function is differentiable in a certain interval, it must first be continuous in that interval. If $f: R \rightarrow R, f(x)$ |
| 63 | +is differentiable, then its derivative must be continuous, so finally we can say that |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +```math |
| 66 | +\text{Differentiable} \implies \text{Continuous} \implies \text{Limit Existing} |
| 67 | +``` |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +## IVT Intermediate Value Theorem |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +For a continuous function $f$ in interval $[a,b]$, it must satisfy the following fact: $\forall c \in [\min(f(a), f(b)), \max(f(a), f(b)) ]$, |
| 72 | +there exists at least one $r$ that fulfills $f(r) = c \{r \in [a,b]\}$. |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +## Boundedness Theorem |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +For a function $f$ in interval $[a,b]$, $U$ denotes the set of upper bounds (scalar) and $L$ denotes the set of lower bounds (scalar). |
| 77 | +Define $v, \forall v \in [a, b]$, |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +```math |
| 80 | +l \leq f(v) \leq u, l \in L, u \in U |
| 81 | +``` |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +## EVT Extreme Value Theorem |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | +When we limit the upper bound set and the lower bound set to only include values that exist as $f$'s output, we get EVT, |
| 86 | +where $L$ and $U$ are each reduced respectively to a single value, $f(c)$ and $f(d)$. |
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