MATH 1271 Calculus I
INSTRUCTOR: SCOT ADAMS
(first recitation review material)
- TA explains (with simple examples) the abbreviations:
- upside down "A" = "for all"
- backwards "E" = "there exists"
- "s.t." = "such that"
- "e.g." = "for example"
- "i.e." = "in other words"
- TA describes, with examples:
- functions
- domain and range
- independent variables and dependent variables
- TA describes the real number line and the Euclidean plane and:
- graph several intervals on the line (open, closed and half-open)
- graph a line, a parabola, a circle and a disk in the plane
- TA explains, with examples:
- absolute value
- distance between two numbers
- the triangle inequality
- TA explains, with examples:
- rationalizing numerator and denominator
- degree angle measure, radian angle measure
- sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant, cosecant
- TA explains, with examples:
- one-to-one, onto
- inverse functions
- inverse sine, inverse cosine, inverse tangent and inverse cotangent