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Appendix 1: Glossary amplitude
The maximum distance of the values of a periodic function above or below the midline.
arithmetic sequence
A sequence in which each term is the previous term plus a constant.
complex number
A number in the complex plane. It can be written as , where and are real numbers and .
degree
The degree of a polynomial in is the highest exponent occuring on when you write the polynomial out as a sum of non-zero constants times powers of (with like terms collected).
(mathematical constant)
The number is an irrational number with an inSnite decimal expansion that starts
, which is used in Snance and science as the base for an exponential
function.
end behavior
How the outputs of a function change as we look at input values further and further from 0.
even function
A function whose graph is symmetric about the -axis. It satisSes the condition for all inputs .
experimental study
An experimental study collects data by directly inTuencing something to determine how another thing is changed.
geometric sequence
A sequence in which each term is a constant times the previous term.
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