HSCALC002

BASIC CALCULUS

Review on Functions

Definition 1. Let A and B be nonemptysets, the function f from A to B is a pairing up

elements of A and B such that each element of A is paired up to one element of B. A is
called the domain and B is called the range If x A and y B, in notation we write
the function f as y = f (x). In laymans term, x is called the input (or pre-image) and
y = f (x) is called the output (or image).
Remark 1. Function, can be define as one-to-one or many-to-one pairing.
Example 1. Which of the following pairing is a function?
1. A = students in this section
B=months in a year
f : birthmonth of the student
2. A = students in this section
B = animals f : pet of the students
3. A = months in a year
B = students in this section
f : student whose birthday is on the given month
4. A = students in this section
B = counting numbers
f : SSS number of the student
Remark 2. All the functions that we will consider here are functions whose domain and
range are the set of real numbers.
Definition 2. Let f and g be two functions,
1. (f + g)(x) = f (x) + g(x)
2. (f g)(x) = f (x) g(x)
3. (f g)(x) = f (x) g(x)
 
(x)
4. fg (x) = fg(x)
5. (f g)(x) = f (g(x))
Example 2. Let f (x) = x2 + 5x 2 and g(x) = 4 x
1. (f + g)(2)
2. (f g)(x)
3. f (x + 1)
4. (f g)(2x)
5. (f g)(3)
6. (g g)(2)
7. (g f )(1)
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BASIC CALCULUS

Limit of a FUNCTION