Chapter 1 Flashcards
Natural number
counting number
whole number
natural number + 0
integers
whole numbers + negative number
rational number
p/q, where p and q are integers
irrational numbers
numbers that cannot be expressed as p/q
real numbers
all irrational and rational numbers
half-open (or half-closed) intervals
only include 1 endpoint
closed intervals
include both endpoints
open intervals
do not include either endpoints
bounded intervals
finite intervals
unbounded intervals
intervals that are not bound
Interval notation
a way to describe intervals
interval notation for unbound intervals
- (infinity sign) or (infinity sign)
interval notation for closed intervals
[
interval notation for open intervals
(
Fancy e
element of
Properties of _ numbers
real
closure property
when you add or multiply two real numbers, you get a real number
exponentiation is shown by
an exponent
number that is raised by an exponent in exponentiation
base
positive integer exponent
x^2 = x *x
zero exponent on any real number =
1
Unit fraction exponent
x^1/2 = square root of x
negative number exponent
1/x^-n = x^n