In mathematical education,
pre-calculus is a foundational mathematics
mathematical discipline. Courses and textbooks in pre-calculus are intended to prepare students for the study of calculus. Pre-calculus typically includes a review of algebra, as well as an introduction to exponential functionexponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functiontrigonometric function (mathematics)functions.In detail, precalculus deals with:set (mathematics)setsreal numbers complex numberssolving inequalityinequalities and equationsproperties of function (mathematics)functionspolynomial functionsrational functionstrigonometrytrigonometric functions and their !Trigonometric_function#Inverse _functionsinversestrigonometric identitytrigonometric identitiesconic sectionsexponential functionslogarithmic functionssequences and series (mathematics)seriesbinomial theoremvector (spatial)vectorsparametric equationspolar coordinatesmatrix (mathematics)matricesmathematical induction
See also - mathematics algebra geometry Calculus
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