======AP Calculus BC Study Guide====== * Credit: Simplestudies.org * This study guide has a lot of images so if u cant scroll to the very bottom without jittering just let it load for a bit Units 1-8 are the same as [[AP Calculus AB| AP Calculus AB Guide]] * Here is a Cheat Sheet/Shorter and compressed version of what's described. [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oTnZ5zSmNq0RWiAuZzW8q0ki5WLdhy70/view?usp=sharing|Final Notes for AB and BC]] * Limit evaluation chart: [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bhdygywT-doVSjAEXM8BYZGj5CiAtQEV/view?usp=sharing|here]] * Key words pdf [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MXi1LwqLF00C2uRe8h-i3E1SBnJdSmrk/view?usp=sharing|here]] ====== Unit 1 – Limits and Continuity ====== What is a limit and how to find it:\\ \\ **Limit:** If f(x) **becomes close to a unique number L as x approaches c from either side,** then\\ the limit of f(x) as x approaches c is L.\\ \\ * A limit refers to the y-value of a function [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled.png}}]] * The general limit exists when the right and left limits are the same_equal each other * DNE = does not exist. __Examples of estimating a limit numerically:__ [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_1|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_1.png}}]]Example of using a graph to find a limit:\\ \\ [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_2|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_2.png}}]]**When limits don’t exist:**\\ When the Left limit ≠ Right limit, then the limit is said to not exist.\\ * In the picture below, you can tell that the two limits don’t equal each other, thus theanswer to this limit is DNE. [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_3|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_3.png}}]]**Unbounded Behavior:** [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_4|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_4.png}}]]**Evaluating Limits Analytically:** [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_5|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_5.png}}]]**Limits Theorem:\\ Given:\\ ** Lim and Lim [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_6|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_6.png}}]]**Limits at Infinity:** [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_7|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_7.png}}]] * If mn, then the limit DNE **Finding Vertical Asymptotes**\\ The only step you have to do is\\ **set the denominator equal to zero and solve.** * Example: [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_8|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_8.png}}]] * (x+2)(x-2) = 0 → x = 2, -2 * 2 is a removable hole while -2 is the non-removable vertical asymptote. Finding Horizontal Asymptotes\\ Use the\\ **two terms of the highest degree in the numerator and denominator** * Example [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_9|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_9.png}}]] * x and x2 are the two terms of the highest degree in the numerator and denominatorrespectively. After finding it, use the limits at infinity rule to determine the limit. **Intermediate Value Theorem**\\ A continuous function on a\\ **closed interval cannot skip values.**\\ ● f(x) must be continuous on the given interval [a,b]\\ ● f(a) and f(b) cannot equal each other.\\ ● f(c) must be in between f(a) and f(b)\\ \\ Example #1: Apply the IVT, if possible on [0,5] so that f(c)=1 for the function f(x)=x2+x+1 - f(x) is continuous because it is a polynomial function. - f(a)=f(0)=1f(b)=f(5)=29 - By the IVT, there exists a value c where f(c)=1 since 1 is between -1 and 29.Example #2: Example #2: [[AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_10|{{AP_Calc_AB_Study_Guide_f289051ba2044b4ab01d25945296aa61:Untitled_10.png}}]] - For 0 r_1(\theta)$ * Ex. (from Princeton book): find the area inside the circle r = 4 and outside of the curve r = 4 - cos𝜃(the shaded region in the graph below) * {{:pasted:20240410-223811.png}} * 1) To find the limits of the integral, set the two equations equal to each other, and solve for 𝜃→ 4 = 4 - cos𝜃 = cos𝜃 = 0 at 𝜃= -𝜋/2 and 𝜋/2 * 2) find which function is on the “outside”, and in this case, r = 4 is * {{:pasted:20240410-224911.png}} * 3) integrate * **Connecting polar, vector, and parametric functions:** * A function can be written in parametric, rectangular/Cartesian, or polar form * Ex. (on the next page): * {{:pasted:20240410-224947.png}} ======Unit 10: Infinite Sequences and Series====== * Difference between sequences and series: * $a_n$ = sequence * S = $\Sigma_{n=1}^\infty a_n$ = series * Sequences are lists of the terms, whereas series are lists of the addends of the series. * Series: to find the second term of the series, you ADD $𝑎_1$ and $𝑎_2$ together * This is known as partial sums → 2nd partial sum = $S_2 = a_1 + a_2$ * nth partial sum = the sum of the first n terms of the series *** Convergence/Divergence:** * A series converges only if the SEQUENCE OF PARTIAL SUMS (𝑆𝑛) converges to a finite number. If it doesn’t converge, then it diverges. * {{:pasted:20240410-225330.png}} * **Geometric series:** * Defined as a series with a constant ratio between each term * {{:pasted:20240410-225416.png}} * If |r| < 1, then the geometric series converges to $|frac{a}{1-4}$ * {{:pasted:20240410-225457.png}} * If |𝑟| > 1, 𝑜𝑟 = 1,then the series diverges * {{:pasted:20240410-230213.png}} * **The nth term test for divergence:** * Used to determine whether or not a function DIVERGES; it CANNOT tell you if a function converges * {{:pasted:20240410-230240.png}} * {{:pasted:20240410-230249.png}} * **Integral test for convergence:** * {{:pasted:20240410-230305.png}} * **Harmonic series and p series:** * {{:pasted:20240410-230346.png}} * {{:pasted:20240410-230356.png}} * Alternating series for convergence: * This is used to test a series that alternates from negative↔positive * {{:pasted:20240410-230419.png}} * {{:pasted:20240410-230450.png}} * **Ratio Test for convergence:** * {{:pasted:20240410-230518.png}} * {{:pasted:20240410-230528.png}} * Absolute convergence: * If an alternating series converges after taking the absolute value of the series function, then that series is said to converge absolutely * {{:pasted:20240410-230626.png}} * {{:pasted:20240410-230632.png}} * **Conditional convergence:** * If an alternating series converges, and does NOT converge absolutely, then it’s said to converge conditionally * An alternating series that conditionally converges must follow these conditions: * {{:pasted:20240410-230713.png}} * **Alternating Series Error Bound:** * {{:pasted:20240410-230724.png}} * {{:pasted:20240410-230745.png}} * **Taylor polynomials:** * {{:pasted:20240410-230802.png}} * {{:pasted:20240410-230821.png}} * **Lagrange Error Bound** * {{:pasted:20240410-230842.png}} * {{:pasted:20240410-230900.png}} * **Radius and interval of convergence of power series:** * {{:pasted:20240410-230929.png}} * You have to check the endpoints of the interval to see if the function converges at the endpoints! If it does converge at an endpoint, place the interval in brackets, and if not, place the interval in parentheses. * If it converges at 1 endpoint and not the other, denote it like this: [a,b) or (a,b], with the bracket indicating convergence at that endpoint * **Radius of convergence: ** * Similar to how the radius of a circle describes the length from the outer edge of the circle to the centerpoint, the radius of convergence describes the distance between the midpoint and the endpoint of the interval of convergence. * In the example above, the interval of convergence was [-1,1]. Thus, the radius of convergence is 1, since the midpoint of that interval is 0, and the distance between 0 (the midpoint) and 1 (the endpoint) is 1. * **Representing functions as Power series:** * Differentiation of power series * {{:pasted:20240410-231109.png}} * **Substitution of power series** * {{:pasted:20240410-231136.png}}