Lecture Notes Exponential Functions
Lecture Notes Exponential Functions
A. Rational Exponents
1
a 2 =√ a
1
a =√ a
3 3
1
a =√n a
n
m
a n =√ a , a> 0 ,n ∈ Z
n m +¿ ,m ∈Z ¿
Exercise A
B. Factorisation and Expansion with Rational Exponents
Examples
Exercise B
C. Exponential Equations
x k
If a =a ,then x=k
Examples
Exercise C
D. Exponential Functions
x
y=a , a> 0 , a≠ 1 , withhorizontal asymptote y=0
Exercise D
E. Growth and Decay
Exercise E1
Exercise E2
F. The Natural Exponential
x
y=e , e ≈2.7183