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  • ==Line integrals: flux== providing the mass of a curve of variable density. The third is the ''line integral along an oriented curve'':
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  • ...two sets. We chose to speak of locations spaced over an infinite straight line associated with the ''integers'', '''denoted''' by: [[image:markings on a straight line.png| center]]
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  • ...ght see a curved line even after zooming in but it is a virtually straight line. ...''touches'' the curve and is called a ''tangent'' (the Greek for “touch”) line.
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  • ...mn has surfaces but not all of them because some of them fail the vertical line test -- such as the sphere -- and can't be represented by graphs of functio ...previously. Indeed, recall that the ''Tangent Problem'' asks for a tangent line to a curve at a given point. It has been solved for parametric curves in Ch
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  • ...are in the same column; and the graph has all dots on the same horizontal line. The value of $y=F(x)$ doesn't vary as $x$ varies; it is ''constant''. The graph of a constant ''numerical'' function is a horizontal line:
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  • '''Example (equations).''' Numerical sets are subsets of the real line ${\bf R}$ and some of them came from solving these equations, as their ''so ...al price of $\$14$? The result is two linear relations each representing a line on the $xy$-plane:
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  • *2. A line segment joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal in [[image:additivity of line sums.png| center]]
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  • *1. a line is drawn, the $x$-''axis''; *2. one of the two direction on the line is chosen as ''positive'', then the other is ''negative'';
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  • Recall that the ''Tangent Problem'' asks for a tangent line to a curve at a given point. It has been solved for the graphs of numerical '''Example (straight line).''' Linear motion is represented as follows:
    130 KB (22,842 words) - 13:52, 24 November 2018
  • In other words, we find the intersection of the tangent line with the $x$-axis: ...ut to $2\pi,\ 100\pi$, etc. If we choose $x_0=\pi /2$ exactly, the tangent line is horizontal, failure... $\square$
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  • ...nal cases when $P$ and $Q$ lie on the same vertical or the same horizontal line (and the triangle “degenerate” into a segment) are treated separately. ...ce Formula for the plane gives us the distance measured ''along a straight line'' as if we are walking through a field. But what if we are walking through
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  • ==The real number line== We visualize these as markings on a straight line, according to the order of the planks:
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  • Find a tangent line to the curve parametrized by $f$ at the point $t=2$. ...Therefore, it suffices to simply use $f'(2)$ as a direction vector for the line. Further,
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  • ...vation that the light from a star passing the sun deviates from a straight line may be considered as evidence in support of this idea: ...arrive to the idea of a locally Euclidean space. The main examples are the line and the circle.
    51 KB (8,919 words) - 01:58, 30 November 2015
  • ...demonstrated for the special case when such a region is cut by a vertical line: This case is illustrated below (the line is $x=b$):
    103 KB (18,460 words) - 01:01, 13 February 2019
  • *the horizontal line $y=\alpha/\beta$ is crossed vertically by the solutions. *the vertical line $x=\gamma/\delta$ is crossed horizontally by the solutions.
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  • In fact, either equation is a representations of a line on the plane. Then the solution $(x,y)=(4,2)$ is the point of their interse A ''flip about the line $x=y$'' that appeared in the context of finding the graph of the inverse fu
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  • '''Theorem:''' A straight line in ${\bf R}^2$ is a subspace if and only if it contains $0$. Suppose $V$ is a vectors space, what is a ''line in a vector space''?
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  • *The graph of a function $f$ is given below. Find an equation of the line secant to the graph at $(0,-1)$. *The secant line of the sign function are shown below. What do they tell you about the diffe
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  • ...he curve isn't the graph of any function of one variable as the ''Vertical Line Test'' is violated. $\square$ ...f change'' (also known as the difference quotient, the slope of the secant line, etc.):
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  • ''Derivative'' is the [[slope]] of the [[tangent line]]. But what ''is'' the tangent line? (Silly answer: Line the slope of which is equal to the derivative).
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  • is also a line but the motion starts at $b \in {\bf R}^n$. [[Image:tangent line examples.jpg|center]]
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  • ; Answer : We use a tangent line. Why? The tangent line touches the point A and no where else in the curve. If we zoom in, they vir
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  • ...f the differential equation as a formula by which the slope of the tangent line to the graph of $y$ can be computed at any point on the curve, once the loc ...y the slope of the tangent line of $y$). We take a step along that tangent line up to the next point. We choose a value for the horizontal component of thi
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  • ...metric curves'' defined at the nodes of the standard partition of the real line: ...he string is found as the negative of the projection of the gravity on the line from $0$ to the current location $X=<x,z>$:
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  • ...e $e_1, e_2$ are the (fixed) basis vectors of ${\bf R}^2$. So, if $L$ is a line perpendicular to the square (or a surface), then the orientation is a basis ...]] (on the right) is not good for computing the arc length, but fine for [[line integrals]]: displacement, work, etc. Same applies to [[surface integral]]s
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  • ...nt line at $(t,y(t))$. This slope is the same along any given ''vertical'' line: ...ent line at $(t,y)$. This slope is the same along any given ''horizontal'' line:
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  • ...to $Q$ for any given $P, Q {\in} {\bf R}^n$. The idea is to use a straight line. In ${\bf R}^m$, we simply replace $|\cdot|$ with $||\cdot||$ in the last line:
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  • *3. we think of the function as a ''transformation'' of the real line. ...from Chapter 3: numerical functions are transformations of the real number line... and vice versa.
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  • S may be a line... S = (-(3/2)&alpha;, &alpha;, -(1/2)&alpha;) represents a straight line in '''R<sup>3</sup>'''.
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  • $S$ may be a line... ...ter>$S = (-(3/2) \alpha , \alpha , -(1/2) \alpha )$ represents a straight line in ${\bf R}^3$.</center>
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  • ...he most horizontal. In other words, this is where the slope of the tangent line is zero. But that's the derivative of our function. From the ''Power Formul ...words, the monotonicity is determined by the sign of slope of the tangent line. We conclude that on interval $(0,25)$, the derivative is positive and on $
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  • ...erval, we compute the difference quotients along the two intervals (second line) and place the results at the corresponding edge: ...we carry out the same operation and place the result in the middle (third line).
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  • We divide the $x$-axis (i.e., the real line ${\bf R}$) into discrete pieces. The ration is also known as the ''slope'' of the line.
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  • ; Answer : We use a tangent line. Why? The tangent line touches the point A and no where else in the curve. If we zoom in, they vir
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  • That's why there is a whole line of points $X$ with $FX=0$. To find it, we solve this equation: ...ngular stretch-shrink but this time it is between the two ends of the same line. To see clearer, consider what happens to a square:
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  • The simplest example of a differential form is a $1$-form over the real line: ...'s consider its ''discrete'' counterpart. A discrete $1$-form for the real line is, by definition, a collection $\phi$ of linear maps on tangent spaces:
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  • ...have a ''hole'' (or tunnel) in it? Is it possible to travel in a straight line and arrive at the starting point from the opposite direction? Like this: ...'simply-connected''. So, if we know all gradients of all functions and all line integrals of all vector fields, we can tell if there is a hole in the regio
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  • [[Image:meanValueTheoremExample.png|right|Movement along a Straight Line]] *The line that connects the end points used to be horizontal and now is has become in
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  • ...he simplest setting, we deal with the intervals in the complex of the real line ${\mathbb R}$. Then the form assigns a number to each interval to indicate One should recognize the second line as a line integral:
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  • ...s of the $x$-coordinates of the intersections between the parabola and the line below: [[image:area between parabola and horizontal line.png| center]]
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  • ...t is justified by the fact that when you zoom in on the point, the tangent line will merge with the graph: ...of the curve that pass through the point; from those we choose the tangent line.
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  • ==Line integrals: flux== providing the mass of a curve of variable density. The third is the ''line integral along an oriented curve'':
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  • *$0$, a line, or ${\bf R}^2$. *${\rm Im}(f) =$ a line, for example $f(x_1, x_2) = (x_1, 0)$ is the [[projection]].
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  • ...h other at the nodes to form a continuous curve. However, it is a straight line? The ration is also known as the ''slope'' of the line.
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  • This is called the ''straight-line homotopy''. ...ply connected because every loop can be deformed to a point via a straight line homotopy:
    46 KB (7,846 words) - 02:47, 30 November 2015
  • ...he simplest setting, we deal with the intervals in the complex in the real line ${\mathbb R}$. Then the form assigns a number to each interval to indicate One should recognize the second line as a line integral:
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  • What happens if we cut the Mobius band along this line? The result is a thinner band with a double twist. '''Problem.''' What happens if we cut the [[Mobius band]] along the middle line?
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  • 2.1 [[Limit]]s, Rates of Change, and [[Tangent Line]]s ==Chapter 16: Line and Surface Integrals==
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  • ...'differentiation''. Given a function defined at several points of the real line, the difference quotient at that point is a way of encoding the small-scale ...hat is, if the [[Graph of a function|graph]] of the function is a straight line), then the function can be written as $y=mx + b$, where $x$ is the independ
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  • [[Image:tangent line examples.jpg|center]] ...[[tangent line]] to the circle at any point: the [[slope]] of the tangent line is equal to the value of the [[derivative]] of $f$ at the point.
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  • *[[line integral|line integral]] *[[line with two origins|line with two origins]]
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  • ##There is only one natural parametrization of a straight line. ...ic formula for the 3D-line through the point $(2,3,4)$ and parallel to the line through the points $(1,1,1)$ and $(-1,-2,-3)$.
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  • Suppose a real number $x$ is given. We construct a line segment of length $1$ on the plane. Then *$\cos x$ is the projection of the segment on the horizontal line,
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  • ...e above formula still applies but, as we add them together, we produce a ''line integral'': ...varphi =fdx+gdy$ we construct a $0$-form $\psi$ with $d\psi =\varphi$ as a line integral. We fix a point $a \in {\bf R}^n$ and define $\psi$ as a function
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  • Then each equivalence class is a line: ...which appear in a 1-1 correspondence with the points on the other diagonal line.
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  • [[Image:tangent line examples.jpg|center]] ...[[tangent line]] to the circle at any point: the [[slope]] of the tangent line is equal to the value of the [[derivative]] of $f$ at the point.
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  • '''Answer:''' It's a line. Prove ${\rm span \hspace{3pt}} S = L$, the line diagonal through $0$.
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  • Then each equivalence class is a line: ...appear to be in a 1-1 correspondence with the points of the other diagonal line $y=-x$.
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  • ...he simplest setting, we deal with the intervals in the complex of the real line ${\mathbb R}$. Then the cochain assigns a number to each interval to indica One should recognize the second line as a line integral:
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  • 8. Evaluate the line integral $\int_{C}x^{2}y^{3}dx-y\sqrt{x}dy$, where $C$ is parametrized by 9. (a) Explain what it means for a line integral $\int_{C}\mathbf{F}\cdot d\mathbf{r}$ to be independent of path. (
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  • ...line segment (the path that lies on the hill) will be labeled as A and the line that lies on flat ground will be labeled as B. As for the x variable that **Number systems. Distance formula. Slope of a line. Standard equations of lines.
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  • The bottom line: the numerical/computational aspect should be built in! ...s. [[Vectors]]. The [[dot product]]. The [[cross product]]. Equations of [[line|lines]] and [[plane]]s. [[Vector functions]] and space curves. Derivatives
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  • ...the graph of a function of two variables and the flow seems to follow the line fastest descent; maybe our vector field is the gradient of this function? W ...h ''linear functions''. In other words, what if we travel along a straight line on a flat, not necessarily horizontal, surface (maybe a roof)? After this s
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  • ...all vectors perpendicular to $x$? Let's call this set $S$. What is $S$? A line: ...ll vectors perpendicular to hyperplane $S$, then $Q = {\rm span}\{v \}$, a line through $0$, a $1$-dimensional subspace.</center>
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  • \text{the line touching the curve at a point }&\text{ the area enclosed by the curve }\ \ ...continuous. We know that the area of a trapezoid is the length of the mid-line times the height. Then we have:
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  • ...varphi =fdx+gdy$ we construct a $0$-form $\psi$ with $d\psi =\varphi$ as a line integral. We fix a point $a \in {\bf R}^n$ and define $\psi$ as a function [[image:line integral for PL.png|center]]
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  • Find a tangent line to the curve parameterized by $f$ at the point $t=2$. ...Therefore, it suffices to simply use $f'(2)$ as a direction vector for the line. Further
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  • '''Exercise.''' To what is the Mobius band with the center line cut out homeomorphic? [[Image:point-point line.png|center]]
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  • #In an effort to find the line in which the planes $ 2x -y- z=2 $ and $-4x+2y+2z=1$ intersect, a student #Parametrically describe the line segment with endpoints $(-1,-1,-1)$ and $(1,1,1).$
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  • [[Image:tangent line examples.jpg|right]] ...circle]]. Then we [[differentiation|differentiate]] and find the [[tangent line]] to the circle at any point:
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  • [[image:rotated straight line.png| center]] The first example is a ''straight line'' (curvature $0$):
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  • ...\frac{dy}{dx}\bigg| _a$ = the derivative at $a$ = the slope of the tangent line through $(a,f(a))$ = $\frac{rise}{run}$ </center> The slope of the [[secant line]] is $m = \frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x}$, or
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  • ...now. Then, in a similar way, an [[area integral]] can be expressed as a [[line integral]], somehow: ...} FTC) \hspace{3pt} (interpret \hspace{3pt} as \hspace{3pt} a \hspace{3pt} line \hspace{3pt} integral)} \\
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  • As the picture shows, a curve is approximated by a straight line while a [[surface]] by a plane. ...in on the graph of a [[differentiable function]], it looks like a straight line.
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  • **on the line through $A$ that is perpendicular to the diagonal, Estimate the [[tangent line]] of a function given [[numerical representation of functions|numerically]]
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  • Find a point on the line $y=4x + 7$ closest to the origin. [[Image:Origin.png|none|Closest distance to origin for line $y = 4x + 7$.]]
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  • We know that the [[tangent line]] "approximates" the [[graphs of functions|graph]] of $y=f(x)$ around $x=a$ ...case, when you zoom in on the point, the tangent line will (but any other line won't) merge with the graph. This is the geometric meaning of ''best approx
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  • **0.1 The Real Number Line and Order **0.2 Absolute Value and Distance on the Real Number Line
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  • ...ment 1: with light from a star passing the sun and deviating from straight line. by using the graph of $f$. But for $dy$, we use the tangent line instead:
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  • Here $f^{-1}(A)$ is all these points, a whole line! Why? Because: there is no change of $F$ in this direction. ...tersection of these planes is "[[transversal]]", so that it's a line. This line approximates the intersection of the graph with the plane. It turns out to
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  • The area inside the red contour (i.e., inside your red line) is 140,582 pixels. So the proportion of gray inside the red line is
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  • *Differentiable : There is a tangent line. [[Image:Cusp.png|Which line is the tangent?]]
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  • ...$x$-axis. Hence, the quotient set corresponds, in this sense, to the real line. Algebraically, we write: ...te a circle<!--\index{circle}-->. An insightful way is to make it from the line. One just winds the helix, which is ${\bf R}$ topologically, around the cir
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  • ...$f$ -- a discrete function $g$ defined at predetermined points of the real line. What is its derivative? ...aluated at one of the intervals rather than a point -- is the slope of the line that connects the end-points of the interval.
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  • Pick any two distinct points on the line and compute That's the ''slope'' of the line.
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  • 2 The real number line 3 Numerical functions are transformations of the real number line
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  • The total work over a path in the complex is the ''line integral''<!--\index{line integral}--> of $\varphi$ over a $1$-chain $a$ in $K$. It is simply the sum ...system, $(dx,dy)$ and the best affine approximation (given by the tangent line) becomes a linear function in this system:
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  • ...s in dimension 2 and 3: parametric curves, functions of several variables, line, surface, and volume integrals, some vector calculus ''Chapter 16: Line and Surface Integrals''
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  • &= ( 1 + 2b, 3 + b ) + t ( -1, -2 ) {\rm \hspace{3pt} (straight \hspace{3pt} line).} In [[Calc 1]], the answer is "[[tangent line]]'" for functions of one variable. Same for [[parametric curves]]. For [[fu
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  • *${\bf R}^3 \rightarrow {\bf R}^1$, or any line. "The [[horizontal line test|horizontal plane test]]", i.e., more than one intersection implies the
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  • <p>Next, the tumor. The dotted line is made solid using MS Paint. The you run Pixcavator. The [[contour]] has t ...rms this number. Of course, the error can be easily cut down by making the line 1/2 thinner… To be fair the error should be divided by 2.</p>
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  • The arc-length is an example of a ''line integral''<!--\index{line integral}--> of a $1$-form $\rho$ over a $1$-chain $a$ in complex $K$ equip What's left? The complex $K$ must be a complex representation of the infinite line or the circle:
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  • The arc-length is an example of a ''line integral''<!--\index{line integral}--> of a $1$-form $\rho$ over a $1$-chain $a$ in complex $K$ equip What's left? The complex $K$ has to be a complex representation of the line or the circle:
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  • 1) line r = 0: F( 0, θ ) = ( 0, 0 );
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  • [[Image:point-point line.png|center]] ...(a,c)$ and $(b,d)$, so its slope is $m = \frac{d-c}{b-a}\ne 0$. Hence, the line is given by
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  • ...'s the [[natural base]] exponent. It has a special property: the [[tangent line]] at the y-intercept has 45 degree [[slope]], below: ...tal Line Test.''' A function is one-to-one if and only if every horizontal line has at most one intersection with its graph.
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  • ...to f^{\prime} \to $ tangent. This is not a graph because of the [[vertical line test]]. What do we do? To find it, I need the [[derivative]], but there is '''Example, Circle.''' Find the [[tangent line]] for the [[circle]] with radius 1 at the point $(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2},\frac{
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  • The line is important! It reminds you: ''augmented matrix is not a matrix''. ...set is $S = \{ x = a+tv \colon t \in {\bf R} \}$. By definition, $s$ is a line:
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  • **Number systems. Distance formula. Slope of a line. Standard equations of lines. ...nition of the derivative at a point and on an interval. Slope of a tangent line. Derivatives of polynomials. Derivatives of trigonometric functions. Deriva
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  • $\bullet$ '''2.''' In an effort to find the line in which the planes $ 2x -y- z=2 $ and $-4x+2y+2z=1$ intersect, a student $\bullet$ '''5.''' Find the vector equation of the line parallel to both $xy$- and $xz$- coordinate planes and passing through $(2,
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