AAMS1634 FUNDAMENTAL MATHEMATICS

MATHEMATICAL FORMULAE

Logarithms log a xy log a x log a y

x
log a log a x log a y
y

b b 2 4ac
Quadratic Equation ax 2 bx c 0 , x
2a

Series
Arithmetic Progression: S n a (a d ) (a 2d ) ...... l , n terms
n
= (a l ) where l = a + (n 1) d.
2

Geometric Progression: S n a ar ar 2 ...... ar n 1 , n terms

1 r n r n 1
= a a , for r 1.
1 r r 1

n(n 1) 2 n(n 1)(n 2) 3

Binomial Expansion (1 x) n 1 nx x x ...
1 2 1 2 3
provided x< 1.
For positive integer n, (a b) n a n na n 1b n C 2 a n 2 b 2 ... n C r a n r b r ... b n ,
where
n!
n Cr
(n r )!r!

Differentiation

d du dv d u 1 du dv
(uv) v u 2 v u
dx dx dx dx v v dx dx

n mx
y x ln x ln(ax b) e
dy n1 1 a mx
dx
nx x ax b
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