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Exponential and logarithmic functions
Growth and decay, the number e, log rules, and change of base.
bˣ grows by the same factor for each unit of x; its inverse log_b x asks which exponent produces x. The rules log(ab) = log a + log b and log aᵏ = k log a are the exponent rules read backwards. Picture it: the exponential curve and its log are mirror images across y = x. Think it: e is the base whose growth rate equals its value, which is why calculus prefers it.
דוגמה עובדת · y = e^x
עכשיו אתה בחר בעיה, או הקלד או צייר בעצמך. כל צעד, תמונה, התשובה חבויה עד שתשאל.
סמלים המשמשים כאן
הקש כל סמל להגדרה המלאה, תמונה, ומה כל אות בזה אומר.
איך: Exponential and logarithmic functions
- An expression in x. Here is what it does.
- Derivative (slope).
שאלות שאנשים שואלים
What is a function, really?
A rule that assigns exactly one output to each input. The vertical-line test on a graph is the same idea: no input may have two outputs.
Why do we need complex numbers?
Because x² + 1 = 0 has no real solution, and allowing one new number i with i² = −1 makes every polynomial equation solvable. They then turn out to describe rotation, waves and alternating current more naturally than real numbers do.
יותר בפנים. Precalculus
Complex numbersPolynomial functionsRational functionsSequences and seriesThe binomial theoremConic sectionsVectorsPolynomial division and the remainder theoremParametric equations and polar coordinates