Thread: Domain and range on university level

Hi, just finished my first calculus lesson in university. I am just wondering how does one express the range in university notation? I have this question, express the range of the function of y = x^(-1). I have no idea how to right it on the university level. I would write it as yeR, y =/= 0. How would I write it in university level because the teacher claims not all numbers are going to be real that is why you use the notation of "D".

Also, how do I generalize the domain of y=tan(x) in university level? I ask this because I have no idea how to show the asymptotes mathematically.

Admitedly, I don't know what "university notation" is. This site University Maths Notes - Set Theory - Notation for Set Theory
has examples of interval notation...

For the first example, the range of y = x^(-1) = 1/x is all real numbers except zero. So you could write
D = ℝ \ {0}, or
D = {y : y ∈ ℝ and y =/= 0}, or
D = (-∞, 0) U (0, ∞),
depending on the prof.

The tangent function has vertical asymptotes at odd multiplies of . In "interval notation" that would be written as , the union of all intervals between such numbers.

In "set builder notation" it would be , the set of all real numbers except odd multiples of

Originally Posted by HallsofIvy

The tangent function has vertical asymptotes at odd multiplies of . In "interval notation" that would be written as , the union of all intervals between such numbers.

In "set builder notation" it would be , the set of all real numbers except odd multiples of

Why is it that the number factor cannot be odd and can I multiply the entire faction by two to get rid of the bottom two? Like so, 2pi(2n+1)?

Originally Posted by Barthayn

Why is it that the number factor cannot be odd and can I multiply the entire faction by two to get rid of the bottom two? Like so, 2pi(2n+1)?

Remember that , and is defined wherever the denominator is nonzero. Where is the denominator zero?