12 SL Indefinite Integrals

Complete the following questions before our next class.

Exercise 18D questions 2, 3, 11, 12
Exercise 18E.1 questions 1cdg, 2cd, 3de, 5ab
Exercise 18E.2 questions 1bc, 2b, 3ac

12 SL Stationary Points

In class we defined a stationary point, and noted that a stationary point may be a local maximum or a local minimum. There is, however, a third option, as illustrated by the function \(f(x)=x^3\) when \(x=0\). While the function does have a stationary point at \(x=0\), it is neither a local maximum, nor a local minimum, instead, it’s called a point of inflection.

Read Section 16C, then try questions 1 and 2ac in Exercise 16C before our class on Wednesday.