Chapter 2
Dispelling Ghosts from the Past: A Review of Pre-Calculus and Calculus I
In This Chapter
Making sense of exponents of 0, negative numbers, and fractions
Graphing common continuous functions and their transformations
Remembering trig identities and sigma notation
Understanding and evaluating limits
Differentiating by using all your favorite rules
Evaluating indeterminate forms of limits with L’Hopital’s Rule
Remember Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol? You know, Scrooge and those ghosts from the past. Math can be just like that story: all the stuff you thought was dead and buried for years suddenly pays a spooky visit when you least expect it.
This quick review is designed to save you from any unnecessary sleepless nights. Before you proceed any further on your calculus quest, make sure that you’re on good terms with the information in this chapter.
First I cover all the ...
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