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f

,

G

, F ... functions 2


k

-th element of sequence

f

3
forward difference sequence 5
forward difference operator 5
second forward difference
sequence 8
second forward difference
operator 8
summation operator 11-12
approximately equal 17
point on graph of
function

f

22
difference
quotient 29
limit of

F

(

x

) at the
point 30, 213
derivative of

f

at the
point 30
derivative of

f

at the
point 30

D

derivative operator 30


n

-th derivative of

f

at
the point 30


n

-th derivative of

f

at the
point 30

D

derivative operator


n-

th derivative operator 30
small change in

h

34
composition of function

H

with function

f

35
inverse function of function

f

37

inv f

inverse function of function

f

37
|

x

| magnitude of

x

40, 200

I

identity function 42
innite decimal 757
inequality
signs 3-817

,,

beginning and end of advanced
section

end of theorem statement

I

end of example



limit of sequence 85,213
[

a

;

b

] closed interval 88
(

a

;

b

) open interval 88
integral sign 103
f
k
f

2
f

2
k m =
n

x
0
f x
0
( ) , ( )
f ( x
0
h + ) f ( x
0
)
h
-----------------------------------------------
F x ( )
x x
0

lim
x
0
f x
0
( )
x
0
Df x
0
( )
x
0
f
n ( )
x
0
( )
x
0
D
n
f x
0
( )
x
0
D
n
h
H f ( )
f
1
b
k
....b
1
.a
1
a
2
...
, , , > <
x
n
n
lim

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integral of function

f

103
Riemann sum 101, 104
120

exp

exponential function 139

ln

natural logarithm function 137
141
logarithm to base

a

143

e

base of natural logarithm 143
carbon 14 decay constant 147

arcsin

arc sine function 160

SIN

principal part of sine function
160

COS

principal part of cosine function
161

sin

sine function 162

cos

cosine function 164
162
Taylor polynomial 178
imaginary exponential 200
complex exponential 200

z

complex number 199
magnitude of complex number
200
distance between complex
numbers

z

and

w

200
distance between complex
numbers

z

and

w

200
polynomial in derivative
operator 207
complex conjugate of

z

199
innite series 215
sum of innite series 215
power series 242
Cauchy



product 256
standard unit vector 263
directional derivative of

f

265, 273
partial derivative of

f

with
respect to the

j-

th coordinate 267



poor notation for
f

R
n
f x ( )
a
x=b
f x ( )
a
b
f x y ,,, , ( )
a
x=b
,,, , ,, , ,
a
r
log
a
k
14
3.14159265
T
n
e
i x
e
z
z
d z w , ( )
z w
P D ( )
z
a
j
j 0 =

a
j
j 0 =

a
k
x
k
k 0 =

a
i
i 0 =

( ,
j \
b
j
j 0 =

( ,
j \
e
k
D
u
f
D
j
f
x
j

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j
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length of vector x 270
distance between vectors
x and y 270
gradient vector of
function f 272
gradient operator 273
dot product of vectors x,y 272
projection of vector X on
vector Y 276
sgn the signum function 283
cos(X,Y) cosine between vectors
X and Y 283
subspace spanned by
vectors 296
dim S dimension of subspace S 298
real n-dimensional space 303
Euclidean n-dimensional space
303
membership symbol 303
projection of vector w on
subspace S 316
notation for matrices 327
Va matrix times vector 328
WV matrix product
the n by n identity matrix
334
inverse of matrix V 334
transpose of matrix W 342
norm of matrix A 350
matrix innite series
352
sum of matrix innite
series 352
372
inf inmum 407
sup supremum 407
glb greatest lower bound = inf 407
lub least upper bound = sup 07
x
x y
Df or grad f
D or grad
x y
P
Y
X ( )
v
1
v
2
,...,v
j
, [ ] [ ]
v
1
v
2
,...,v
j
,
R
n
E
n

P
S
w ( )
V v
1
v
2
,...,v
k
, [ ]
v
11
v
21
.
.
v
n1
v
12
. . .
v
22
. . .
. . . .
. . . .
v
n2
. . .
v
1k
v
2k
.
.
v
nk
= =
I
n n
V
1
W
T
A
M
j
j r =

M
j
,
j r =

h D ( )
k
f
k!
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orthogonal complement of
subspace S 412
intersection of subspaces S
and T 419
rnk A rank of matrix A 430
multivariate Riemann sum
440
and
multiple integral of f over an
interval 440

multiple integral over set A
443

iterated integral 446
, ,
improper Riemann integrals 449
improper Riemann
integral over Euclidean
n-dimensional space 451
improper multiple integral
over set A 452
union of sets A and B 453
union of sets 453
G(A) image of set A under function
G 462
MA image of set A under matrix
M 462
det B determinant of matrix B 467
product of
467
J Jacobian determinant 467
cross-product of the three-
dimensional vectors v and w 473
line integrals 481
, line

integrals 482

surface integral 490
divergence of vector eld 498
Laplacian operator 502
complex integral 506
dot product for periodic
complex valued functions 596
S

S T
R X P , ( )
f
a
b

, f x ( ) x , f V
n
d
a b ; [ ]

d
a b ; [ ]

f x
1
,..., x
n
( ) x
1
...
d x
n
d
a b ; [ ]

f V
n
d
A

.....
f x
1
,...,x
n
( ) x
1
d
a
1
b
1

x
2
...
d x
n 1
d
a
n 1
b
n 1

x
n
d
a
n
b
n

f ( ) d

b

f ( ) d
a

f ( ) d

f V
n
d
E
n

f V
n
d
A

A B
A
t
t in T

A
t
d
i
i 1 =
n

d
1
through d
n
v w
F x ( ) x d
x

and F
k
x ( ) x
k
d
x

k 1,...,n =
f x y , ( ) x d
C

g x y , ( ) y d
C

v A d
S

div v

2
=
f z ( ) z d
C

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Fourier coefcient 597
Fourier
series 597
right and left hand
limits of function f 610
Fourier integral of the
function f 611
Fourier integral
of the function F at t 611
Laplace transform of
function g 616
Laplace transform of
function g at z 616
H Heaviside unit step function 623
ramp function 623
convolution of the functions
f and G 626
T the forward shift operator 639
generating function of
the sequence g at z 642
sets of continuous
functions, functions with
continuous, infinitely differentiable
functions, respectively 655
, represent
673
T set of test functions 677
G set of generalized functions 680
representing sequence
for generalized function
DF derivative of generalized
function F 683
integral of product
of generalized function and test
function T 683
PC set of generalized functions
from embedding of piecewise
continuous functions 685
functions used to
embed ordinary
functions in the
class of generalized functions 688
K generalized constant function 696
Diracs generalized delta
function 698
binomial coefcient 702
product of generalized
functions 704
a
m
g ( )
a
n
g ( ) e
i2nt
n =

f x+ ( ) f x- ( ) ,
F f ( )
F s ( )e
i2ts
s d

L g ( )
g t ( )e
zt
t d
0

R
n
f *G
g m ( )z
m
m 0 =

C C
n
C

, ,
f
n ( )
F

F x ( ) x d

F x ( ) x d

g
N

N=1

FT

N
t ( )

N
t ( )
M f N , ( ) t ( )

n
j
( ,
j \
QD
n
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product of generalized
functions F and
integral of the product of
generalized functions and
711
product of the generalized
function F and the scaled,
shifted n-th derivative of Diracs
delta 712
integral of the above
product 713
L generalized function differential
operator related to D + 2, subject
to homogeneous initial
conditions 721
generalized function n-th
degree polynomial differential
operator, subject to homogeneous
initial conditions 730
f notation for generalized function
associated with continuous
function f 743
space dual to the set of test
functions 752
I isomorphism 753
i-j minor of matrix A 807
F
n ( )

n ( )
FD
n

D
n
F

Fd
a b ,
n ( )
Fd
a b ,
n ( )

P D ( )
T
T
a
i j ,