GLOSSARY OF MATHEMATICAL TERMS
The section where each term is introduced in the book is listed in parentheses.
- absolute maximum (6.3):
- a point that has a y-coordinate that is greater than or equal to the y-coordinates of all other points on the graph (or the highest point on the graph)
- absolute minimum (6.3):
- a point that has a y-coordinate that is less than or equal to the y-coordinates of all other points on the graph (or the lowest point on the graph)
- absolute value (1.1):
- the distance of a number from 0 on a number line
- arithmetic sequence (11.2):
- a sequence that has a common difference between consecutive terms
- association (13.4):
- a relationship between two qualitative or quantitative variables
- asymptote (10.1):
- a line or curve that ...
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