Chapter 1: Philosophy, Numbers and Functions

Introduction

We consider the basic context in which our efforts will be concentrated: the realms of numbers and functions. We describe "standard functions" which are those that will appear most often in your world, and inverse functions

Topics

1.1  Philosophy

1.2  Numbers

1.3  Functions

1.4  Standard Functions

1.5  Other Functions

1.6  Inverse Functions

1.7  Implicit Functions