Posts Tagged ‘interval’
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
How to Draw a Boundary Line
Description
A detailed tutorial on how to draw a boundary line. Step by step tutorial including several examples on how to draw a boundary line for reference.
Overview
A boundary line is used when graphing inequalities on a number line or a regular Cartesian graphing system. What the boundary line does is connect the two points in the inequality – in other words, it sets a boundary of what an unknown variable would be on that inequality. The boundary line can either be solid or dashed. The boundary line is only dashed when it is drawn on a regular graph, to express that the line was somewhere else at one point and was then moved. In all other cases, the boundary line is solid.
Tags: algebra, boundary, closed, coordinates, dashed, equal, graph, greater, inequality, interval, less, line, number, open, points, solid, then, to
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Introduction to Nested Intervals
Description
A detailed tutorial on nested intervals and the nested interval theorem. Step by step tutorial including several examples of nested intervals for reference.
Overview
Nested intervals means to have one interval (or multiple intervals) inside of another interval. The intervals will get smaller and smaller the more you add, until they will finally dimish entirely. There is a theorem for nested intervals, called the nested interval theorem. It states that if A_n = [a_n, b_n] is a sequence of closed intervals such that A_n+1 is a subset of A_n for all n belonging to the set of natural numbers, then the union over A_n is not an empty set.
Tags: algebra, closed, empty, interval, natural, nested, number, open, sequence, set, subset, theorem
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
How to Identify a Concave Function
Description
A detailed tutorial on concave functions. Step by step tutorial including several examples of concave functions and concave down curves for reference.
Overview
When a function forms the graph of a curve, there are two types of functions it could be: a convex function, or a concave function. In this tutorial, we will discuss concave functions. A concave function is one with the endpoints facing down, forming the shape of an upside down bowl. When looking at the graph of a concave function, we say that it is concave down. Concavity can be found by the second derivative test in calculus.
Tags: Calculus, concave, concavity, convex, curve, derivative, down, endpoint, equation, function, graph, interval, second, test, up
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
How to Identify a Convex Function
Description
A detailed tutorial on convex functions. Step by step tutorial including several examples of convex functions and concave up curves for reference.
Overview
When a function forms the graph of a curve, there are two types of functions it could be: a convex function, or a concave function. In this tutorial, we will discuss convex functions. A convex function is one with the endpoints facing up, forming the shape of a bowl. When looking at the graph of a convex function, we say that it is concave up. Concavity can be found by the second derivative test in calculus.
Tags: Calculus, concave, concavity, convex, curve, derivative, down, endpoint, equation, function, graph, interval, second, test, up
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Definition of Open and Closed Intervals
Description
A detailed tutorial on open and closed intervals. Step by step tutorial including several examples of open and closed intervals for reference.
Overview
An interval is a set of real numbers, expressed by an ordered pair. There are two types of intervals, open intervals and closed intervals. An open interval is an interval written with parenthesis. It implies that the endpoint is not included in the set. A closed interval is an interval written with brackets. It implies that the endpoint is included in the set. It is possible for one endpoint of an interval to be closed, and for the other to be open.
Tags: algebra, bounded, brackets, closed, coordinates, element, endpoint, interval, Math, open, ordered pair, parenthesis, real numbers, set
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
An Overview of Rolle’s Theorem
Description
A detailed tutorial on how to solve problems using Rolle’s Theorem. Step by step tutorial including examples of how to solve problems using Rolle’s Theorem for reference.
Overview
Rolle’s Theorem is a special instance of the Mean Value Theorem, and can be used to prove the Mean Value Theorem. Rolle’s Theorem states that a differentiable and continuous function, which attains equal values at two points, must have a point somewhere between them where the slope of the tangent line to the graph of the function is zero. Mathematically this can be expressed as if a real-valued function f is continuous on a closed interval [a, b], differentiable on the open interval (a, b), and f(a) = f(b), then there exists a c in the open interval (a, b) such that f ‘(c) = 0.
Tags: Calculus, closed, continuous, differentiable, function, graph, interval, Math, mean value theorem, open, real-valued function, rolle's theorem, slope, tangent line, zero
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Definition of the Mean Value Theorem
Description
A detailed tutorial on the solving of the Mean Value Theorem. Step by step tutorial including several examples of how to solve the Mean Value Theorem for reference.
Overview
You can easily figure out what the Mean Value Theorem is by looking at the word mean – a mean is an average. The Mean Value Theorem states that there is at least one point on the graph of a function where the derivative is equal to the average slope of the entire section of the graph you are looking at. The requirements are that the graph is both continuous and differentiable on the interval [a, b], where a < b. Then there exists some c in (a, b) such that:
f ‘(c) = [f(b) - f(a)] / [b - a]
The Mean Value Theorem is very similar to Rolle’s Theorem, which is a more specific theorem stating the same thing.
Tags: a, average, b, c, Calculus, continuous, derivative, differentiable, interval, Math, mean, mean value theorem, rolle's theorem, slope, theorem, value
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