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Integration techniques · 39

  • Integration by parts: reduction formulae and limitsScholarship
  • Hyperbolic functions and arc length (definitions supplied)Scholarship
  • Polar coordinates: intersections and area (definitions supplied)Scholarship
  • Arc length of parametric curves with sign changesScholarship
  • Definite integrals by symmetry (the reflection property)Scholarship
  • Volumes of revolution about both axes (formulae supplied)Scholarship
  • Integration by parts: improper integrals and factorialsScholarship
  • Integration by parts twice (cyclic)Scholarship
  • Partial fractions, logarithmic and improper integralsScholarship
  • Integrals of trigonometric powersScholarship
  • Probability density functionsScholarship
  • Arc length of Cartesian curves (formula supplied)Scholarship
  • Areas using horizontal stripsScholarship
  • Numerical integration in context: river flowScholarship
  • Volumes of revolution with trig and exponentialsScholarship
  • Completing the square: inverse tangent integralsScholarship
  • Reduction formula for powers of cosineScholarship
  • Work done pumping waterScholarship
  • Average value in a temperature modelScholarship
  • Integrals with circle geometry and odd partsScholarship
  • Integration by parts with logarithmsScholarship
  • Integrating inverse tangentScholarship
  • Log and inverse-tan substitutionsScholarship
  • Area under ln x and its chordScholarship
  • Exponential lifetimes (probability density supplied)Scholarship
  • Area between intersecting trig curvesScholarship
  • Integration by recognising a derivativeScholarship
  • Volume of liquid in a bowlScholarship
  • Trapezium rule error and convexityScholarship
  • Centroids of regions (formulae supplied)Scholarship
  • Bounding integrals with inequalitiesScholarship
  • Accumulated change from a rateScholarship
  • Reduction formula for a rational integral and a series for ln 2Scholarship
  • Area of a loopScholarship
  • Parametric curves: second derivative, self-crossing and loop areaScholarship
  • Parametric arc length: the logarithmic spiralScholarship
  • The astroid: tangents, arc length and areaScholarship
  • The deltoid: cusps, area and arc lengthScholarship
  • Rolling coins and the cardioidScholarship

Differentiation techniques · 28

  • Higher-order derivatives: pattern, proof and evaluationScholarship
  • Parametric curves: stationary points and second derivativeScholarship
  • Cycloid: parametric derivatives and a geometric propertyScholarship
  • Implicit second derivativesScholarship
  • Logarithmic differentiationScholarship
  • Tangents from an external point and enclosed areaScholarship
  • Common tangents to two parabolasScholarship
  • nth derivatives and patternsScholarship
  • Parametric curves: tangents and self-crossingScholarship
  • The Mean Value Theorem (statement supplied)Scholarship
  • Inflection points with a parameterScholarship
  • Newton's method: convergence and failureScholarship
  • Implicit tangents with a direction conditionScholarship
  • Chain and quotient rulesScholarship
  • Area of a parametric loop (formula supplied)Scholarship
  • Rational functions with oblique asymptotesScholarship
  • Linear approximation and its errorScholarship
  • Verifying differential relationsScholarship
  • Cusps and non-differentiable pointsScholarship
  • Tangents, normals and the closest point to the originScholarship
  • Parametric projectile: a conversion kickScholarship
  • Parametric second derivatives and concavityScholarship
  • The semicubical parabola: tangents meeting the curve againScholarship
  • Normals to a parametric hyperbolaScholarship
  • A rational parametrisation of the circleScholarship
  • The flange of a train wheel: a prolate cycloidScholarship
  • Parametric curves with logarithms: stationary and inflection pointsScholarship
  • Normals to a parabola through a given pointScholarship

Limits, FTC and continuity · 25

  • Average value of a function and limits with a parameterScholarship
  • Integral equations via the Fundamental Theorem of CalculusScholarship
  • Improper integrals: infinite limits and unbounded integrandsScholarship
  • The Fundamental Theorem with variable limitsScholarship
  • Standard limitsScholarship
  • Continuity and differentiability at a pointScholarship
  • Integral functions and their limitsScholarship
  • Limits of exponential expressionsScholarship
  • Jump discontinuities from exponentialsScholarship
  • Squeeze theoremScholarship
  • Derivative of sine from first principlesScholarship
  • Limits recognised as derivativesScholarship
  • Limits of integral sequencesScholarship
  • Asymptotes of surd expressionsScholarship
  • Removing discontinuities with trig limitsScholarship
  • Differentiability of x|x|Scholarship
  • Recovering functions from integral equationsScholarship
  • Functions defined by integrals: the Fresnel integralScholarship
  • Integral equations with a constant integralScholarship
  • A Volterra integral equation leading to coshScholarship
  • Filling a rainwater tank: accumulation from a rateScholarship
  • Running averages and the FTCScholarship
  • Limits of integrals by squeezingScholarship
  • Recovering functions from integral identitiesScholarship
  • An integral equation with an exponential sourceScholarship

Differential equations · 14

  • Orthogonal trajectoriesScholarship
  • Homogeneous differential equations: substitution y = vxScholarship
  • Logistic growth (partial fractions supplied)Scholarship
  • Linear DEs with an integrating factor (method supplied)Scholarship
  • Simple harmonic motion: verifying solutionsScholarship
  • Drug infusion to steady stateScholarship
  • Separable DEs with trigonometric termsScholarship
  • Falling with air resistanceScholarship
  • Forensic time of death (Newton's law of cooling)Scholarship
  • Separable DEs with inverse tangentsScholarship
  • Harvesting and equilibriaScholarship
  • Mixing with a changing volume (integrating factor)Scholarship
  • Orthogonal families of circlesScholarship
  • Second-order DEs by repeated integrationScholarship

Complex numbers · 51

  • Complex roots and exact trigonometric sumsScholarship
  • Euler's form: complex exponentials and logarithmsScholarship
  • Regular polygons in the Argand diagramScholarship
  • Argand regions: area and extreme modulusScholarship
  • Quadratics with complex coefficientsScholarship
  • Summing trigonometric series with complex exponentialsScholarship
  • Roots of complex numbers and linked equationsScholarship
  • Argument loci: arcs of circlesScholarship
  • Conic loci in the complex planeScholarship
  • Equations involving conjugatesScholarship
  • Rotations: squares and equilateral trianglesScholarship
  • Polynomials with a given complex rootScholarship
  • Areas of regions defined by moduliScholarship
  • Exact trig values via complex multiplicationScholarship
  • Möbius-type transformations and circlesScholarship
  • De Moivre: powers of sine, trig equations and limitsScholarship
  • Half-angle factorisation of 1 + cis 2θScholarship
  • Cubics with one real root: calculus and complex rootsScholarship
  • Cube roots of unity: identities and factorisationScholarship
  • Complex impedance in AC circuitsScholarship
  • Fourth roots and real quadratic factorsScholarship
  • Perpendicular bisector loci and half-disc regionsScholarship
  • Loci defined by reciprocalsScholarship
  • Square roots of complex numbers and quadraticsScholarship
  • Extreme distances on circlesScholarship
  • When are powers real or imaginary?Scholarship
  • Forming quadratics from complex rootsScholarship
  • Arguments of products and inverse-tan identitiesScholarship
  • Equations mixing z and |z|Scholarship
  • Products over roots of unityScholarship
  • Sector regions and their image under w = 1/zScholarship
  • Mapping lines and circles under w = z²Scholarship
  • Complex-number proofs in geometry: Varignon's theoremScholarship
  • Polynomials with complex coefficients: no conjugate pairsScholarship
  • Binomial sums with complex exponentialsScholarship
  • Adding waves with phasorsScholarship
  • Euler's formula: compound angles, chords and the circumferenceScholarship
  • The complex logarithm and solving e^z = wScholarship
  • Complex powers: i to the power iScholarship
  • Cosine of a complex numberScholarship
  • Rotations in computer graphicsScholarship
  • Damped oscillations with complex exponentialsScholarship
  • Summing trigonometric series with a geometric seriesScholarship
  • The exponential map on the Argand diagramScholarship
  • Exponential equations in the complex planeScholarship
  • An integral evaluated with complex exponentialsScholarship
  • Fractal iterations: the Mandelbrot ruleScholarship
  • Regions and their images under squaring and inversionScholarship
  • Summing cosines: the Dirichlet kernelScholarship
  • Noise-cancelling headphones: adding waves with phasorsScholarship
  • Telescoping sums of inverse tangents using argumentsScholarship

Conics and coordinate geometry · 28

  • Ellipse tangent properties: proofs with fociScholarship
  • Tangency conditions and the director circle of an ellipseScholarship
  • Rectangular hyperbola: tangent and normal propertiesScholarship
  • Loci from focal chords of a parabolaScholarship
  • Circles: equations, tangents and tangent lengthsScholarship
  • Areas of ellipses and elliptical segmentsScholarship
  • Hyperbola focal distancesScholarship
  • Closest point on a parabolaScholarship
  • Classifying conics from general equationsScholarship
  • Reflective property of the ellipseScholarship
  • Parabolic dishes: locating the focusScholarship
  • Elliptical whispering galleriesScholarship
  • Polar equations of conics (formula supplied)Scholarship
  • Tangents from an external point to a circleScholarship
  • Intersecting conics: angles and tangencyScholarship
  • Locus of midpoints of chordsScholarship
  • Focal chord length of a parabolaScholarship
  • Ellipse conditions and eccentricityScholarship
  • Hyperbolas from asymptotes and a pointScholarship
  • Intersecting circles: common chord and angleScholarship
  • Rectangles inscribed in ellipsesScholarship
  • Focal property of parabola tangentsScholarship
  • Hyperbolas from focus–directrix lociScholarship
  • Planetary and comet orbitsScholarship
  • Chords of rectangular hyperbolasScholarship
  • Chord lengths of lines through ellipsesScholarship
  • Circles tangent to both axes and a lineScholarship
  • Parabolic segment area (Archimedes)Scholarship

Optimisation and rates · 28

  • Optimisation in context: carrying a pole around a cornerScholarship
  • Optimisation with parameters, scenarios and constraintsScholarship
  • Related rates on an ellipse: coordinates, distance and angleScholarship
  • Modelling with scenarios: optimal boat speedScholarship
  • Open box optimisation with an invalid rootScholarship
  • Norman window: maximum area for fixed perimeterScholarship
  • Related rates: moving shadowsScholarship
  • Related rates: inflating balloonsScholarship
  • Fencing with different costsScholarship
  • Least-time paths: the lifeguard problemScholarship
  • Profit optimisation with a capacity constraintScholarship
  • Radar tracking: angle and distance ratesScholarship
  • Largest cylinder inside a sphereScholarship
  • Drug concentration: peak, fastest decline, effective windowScholarship
  • Related rates: filling a triangular troughScholarship
  • Poster design with marginsScholarship
  • Sliding ladder ratesScholarship
  • Minimising average costScholarship
  • Rectangles inscribed in trianglesScholarship
  • Trip cost with a speed limitScholarship
  • Sand piles: rates in conesScholarship
  • Distance from a point to an exponential curveScholarship
  • Projectile range on a slope (formula supplied)Scholarship
  • Fencing along a riverScholarship
  • Pulling a boat to a dock: speed and accelerationScholarship
  • Largest cone from a circular sheetScholarship
  • Parametric speed on an elliptical racetrackScholarship
  • Closest approach of two dronesScholarship

Functions and inverse functions · 28

  • Inverse trigonometric functions: derivatives, identities and integralsScholarship
  • Absolute value functions: piecewise derivatives and weighted mediansScholarship
  • Functional equations: symmetry, periodicity and sumsScholarship
  • Derivatives of inverse functions at a pointScholarship
  • Inverses of rational functions and 2-cyclesScholarship
  • Even and odd functions: decomposition and integralsScholarship
  • Integrals involving the floor function (definition supplied)Scholarship
  • Functional equations: solving by substitutionScholarship
  • Minimum-value functions and integralsScholarship
  • Simplifying inverse-trig compositions by differentiationScholarship
  • Domains of composite functionsScholarship
  • Inverses on restricted domainsScholarship
  • Functional equations with shiftsScholarship
  • Differences of absolute valuesScholarship
  • Inverse of a cubic: gradients, areas and intersectionsScholarship
  • Self-inverse rational functionsScholarship
  • Compositions of trig and inverse trig functionsScholarship
  • Inverting a thermistor's temperature lawScholarship
  • The inverse of x e^xScholarship
  • Inverting a tax rule: from net to gross incomeScholarship
  • The area between a function and its inverseScholarship
  • The maximum of two functionsScholarship
  • An even function built from |x|Scholarship
  • A function defined as a maximum over a parameterScholarship
  • An odd periodic extensionScholarship
  • Comparing mobile data plansScholarship
  • An additive functional equationScholarship
  • Exploring x|x − 2|Scholarship

Trigonometry · 19

  • Trigonometric equations: general solutions and systemsScholarship
  • Triple-angle tangent identity and exact productsScholarship
  • Range of trigonometric rational expressionsScholarship
  • Sum-to-product identity and restricted solutionsScholarship
  • Exact values of sin 18° and cos 36°Scholarship
  • Tides modelled with the R-formScholarship
  • t-substitution for linear trig equationsScholarship
  • Trigonometric inequalitiesScholarship
  • Product identity and exact products of sinesScholarship
  • Sums of inverse tangentsScholarship
  • Heights by angles of elevationScholarship
  • General solutions using co-functionsScholarship
  • Half-angle identity proofsScholarship
  • Ranges of quadratic trig expressionsScholarship
  • Counting solutions with a parameterScholarship
  • Pairing complementary anglesScholarship
  • A triangle identityScholarship
  • Ferris wheel modellingScholarship
  • Equations with inverse tangentsScholarship

Equations, logs and inequalities · 27

  • Logarithmic systems with change of baseScholarship
  • Quadratics with a parameter: conditions on rootsScholarship
  • Inequalities with surds, absolute values and logarithmsScholarship
  • Symmetric non-linear systemsScholarship
  • Exponential equations and uniqueness argumentsScholarship
  • Logarithmic equations with change of baseScholarship
  • Remainder theorem and polynomial divisionScholarship
  • Symmetric functions of rootsScholarship
  • Absolute value equations and solution countsScholarship
  • Mixing alloys: dependent systems and costsScholarship
  • Radical equations and extraneous rootsScholarship
  • Factor theorem with a parameterScholarship
  • Logarithmic inequalities with domains and changing signsScholarship
  • Parametric systems of planesScholarship
  • Comparing growth modelsScholarship
  • Biquadratic inequalities, trig substitution and counting rootsScholarship
  • Rational and modulus inequalities with a parameterScholarship
  • Tangent lines to circles through a pointScholarship
  • Integer solutions by factorisationScholarship
  • Systems with logarithms and powersScholarship
  • Designing a rectangular gardenScholarship
  • A trigonometric system and adding unit vectorsScholarship
  • Exponential systems by substitutionScholarship
  • A circle meets a family of hyperbolasScholarship
  • Comparing bacterial culturesScholarship
  • A symmetric system in three unknownsScholarship
  • When does log(x + y) = log x + log y?Scholarship

Sequences and series · 5

  • Recurrence relations: convergence and invariantsScholarship
  • Geometric series: bouncing ballsScholarship
  • Telescoping and differentiated seriesScholarship
  • Loan repayments via geometric seriesScholarship
  • Convergent recursive surdsScholarship

Geometry proofs · 5

  • Maximising a viewing angle: calculus and geometryScholarship
  • Triangle centres with coordinatesScholarship
  • Largest triangle in a circleScholarship
  • Median lengths via vectorsScholarship
  • Shortest paths by reflectionScholarship

Combinatorics · 3

  • Distributions with constraints: stars and bars, inclusion–exclusionScholarship
  • Committees with conditionsScholarship
  • Arrangements with repeated lettersScholarship