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2.2 Functions of a real variable chapter contents

By the end of this chapter, you will have:

\diamond reviewed the notion of a real variable;

\diamond learned the general definition of a function;

\diamond reviewed limits of a real variable;

\diamond seen graphs of continuous and discontinuous functions;

\diamond revised the notion of composition of functions and inverse of function;

\diamond learned how to define the exponential function by a series;

\diamond learned properties of the hyperbolic and natural logarithm functions;

\diamond learned the definition of real powers.

For information, the notes include results about trigonometric functions which are assumed as prior knowledge from AA level.