Calculus Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. the highest value of a function for each value of the domain
  2. 4. the amount of time that is needed for half of a substance to decay
  3. 6. a line related to a given curve such that the distance from the line to a point on the curve approaches zero as the distance of the point from an origin increases without bound
  4. 10. a circle of radius 1 whose center is at the origin
  5. 11. a point where a function changes concavity; also, where the second derivative changes signs
  6. 12. a unit of measurement of angles; the angle between two radii that cut off on the circumference of a circle an arc equal in length to the radius
  7. 13. on a graphing calculator, the portion of the coordinate plane displayed on the screen
  8. 16. an equation that contains derivatives or differentials of a function
  9. 20. the rate of change of position with respect to time
  10. 21. the process by which an antiderivative is calculated
  11. 22. a type of conic that is u-shaped and has eccentricity equal to 1
  12. 24. section one of a group of curves formed by the intersection of a plane and a right circular cone
  13. 25. a collection of any kind of objects
  14. 26. the process of finding the derivative of a function
  15. 28. the steepness of a line
  16. 31. the set of all values that can be assumed by the independent variable of a function
  17. 32. a set containing all real numbers or points between two given real numbers or points
  18. 35. a function that a can be expressed in the form f(x)=mx+b
  19. 37. a point or value of the independent variable at which the
  20. 38. a relation such that each element of the domain has one and only one element of the range.
  21. 39. the function that is integrated in an integral
Down
  1. 1. the smallest value of a function for each value of the domain
  2. 3. any point of intersection of two sides of a polygon or plane surfaces of a solid
  3. 5. the greatest y-value that a function achieves
  4. 6. the smallest y-value that a function achieves
  5. 7. the point (0, 0) in the Cartesian coordinate plane
  6. 8. any x values where f′(x) = 0 or is undefined
  7. 9. any of the four sections into which the coordinate plane is divided by the coordinate axes, counted counter-clockwise
  8. 14. the slope of the tangent line at a point on a curve
  9. 15. the expression for the evaluation of the indefinite integral of a positive function between two limits of integration
  10. 17. a number that cannot be written as an integer or as a quotient of two integers
  11. 18. number any rational or irrational number
  12. 19. the value that the function is approaching as x approaches a given value; the left- and right-hand limits must agree
  13. 20. of a function is not equal to its limit as the value of the independent variable approaches that point, or where it is not defined
  14. 23. a restriction on the range of a function
  15. 27. integral an integral without any specified limits, whose solution includes an undetermined constant C; antiderivative
  16. 29. the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a given point
  17. 30. = notation using the Greek letter capital sigma for writing lengthy sums in compact form
  18. 33. Rule A method of approximating to an integral as the limit of a sum of areas of trapezoids
  19. 34. local maximums and minimums of a function
  20. 36. the set of y-values that the function takes on for each x-value in the domain for which the function is defined