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3: Continuous Functions

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  • 3.1: How to Set up a Problem
    The process of setting up a verbally presented problem, using examples from algebra and geometry.
  • 3.2: Related Rates
    The process of setting up a problem where we are given the rate of change of one quantity and wish to find the rate of change of another, involving implicit differentiation.
  • 3.3: Limits
    Definition of the limit of a real function of one variable. Applying limits to determine the slope of a function at a particular point.
  • 3.4: Continuity
    Definition of continuity of functions. The relationship between continuity and differentiability at a point on a function.
  • 3.5: Maxima and Minima
    Definition of the maxima and minima on an interval of a function. The Critical Point Theorem, and tests for identifying maxima and minima.
  • 3.6: Maxima and Minima — Applications
    Examples of applications for function maxima and minima, in the physical and social sciences.
  • 3.7: Derivatives and Curve Sketching
    How to sketch curves of functions using first and second derivatives. Formal definitions of directions of concavity and points of inflection.
  • 3.8: Properties of Continuous Functions
    Introduction to hyperintegers. Discussion of the Intermediate Value Theorem, Extreme Value Theorem, and Rolle's Theorem.
  • 3.9: Extra Problems for Chapter 3


This page titled 3: Continuous Functions is shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by H. Jerome Keisler.

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