Functions
This acronym (with each letter defined) helps integrate products of functions.
What is LIPET (logs, inverse trig, polynomials, exponentials, trig)?
A polar point is defined by these two quantities.
What are radius (r) and angle (theta)?
This musical series famously diverges even though its sequence converges to zero.
What is the harmonic series?
This is Ms. Walsh's favorite creature.
What is a rabbit?
This is the name of our beloved class mascot.
What is Humphrey?
This type of function has an inflection point at half of its maximum value.
What is logistic?
This useful type of curve allows us to model non-function motion.
What is parametric?
Fibonacci numbers were used to measure this in approximately 450 B.C.
What is (Sanskrit) poetry?
Ms. Walsh is from this city and/or state.
What is Oberlin/Ohio?
This mathematician wrote the 100 Questions about Mathematics essay prompts.
Who is Francis Su?
This is the antiderivative of the function whose derivative is 1/x.
What is xlnx - x (+ C)?
What is a cardioid?
This type of series always converges when its sequence converges to 0.
What is alternating?
This is Ms. Walsh's zodiac sign.
What is Capricorn?
A member of our class recently met this famous actor.
Who is Richard Gere?
As x goes to infinity, this function has a limit of pi/2.
What is inverse tangent?
The limaçon curve gets its name from the old French word for this.
What is snail?
This is conjectured to be the largest prime Fermat number.
What is 65537?
This is Ms. Walsh's favorite band.
What is Wilco?
Wheeler's math department has this many faculty members.
What is nine?
This function approaches 0 as x goes to infinity, but its integral from 1 to infinity diverges.
What is 1/x?
This is an equation for a curve with four identical components.
What is a cos(2*theta) or sin(2*theta)?
This type of series converges, but it is possible to rearrange its terms so it converges to any real number.
What is conditionally convergent?
Ms. Walsh studied these three academic subjects in college.
What are math, French and literary arts/literature/creative writing?
These are the five virtues discussed in the speech on mathematics for Human Flourishing.
What are play, justice, truth, beauty and love?