MATH 2A Lecture 1: MATH 2A - Lecture 1 - Four ways to represent a function
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Math 2a - lecture 1 - four ways to represent a function. A function f is a rule that assigns to each element x in a set d, exactly one. For each x there is only one f(x) element called f(x) in set e. Remember, it is ok to have the same f(x) for several different values of x, but we can not have several different f(x) for the same x. In general we show functions as f(x), f(t), h(s), or anything else and we read it as f of x . If we have a curve in xy plane, if and only if no vertical line intersects with the curve more than once, than the curve is the graph of a function of x. Functions arise whenever one quantity depends on another. The area of a circle depends on its radius. The cost of mailing an envelope depends on its weight. cost(c) weight(w) c(w)