on the interval
GeneralProperties
We note that is a continuousfunctionand thus attainsan absolutemaximumand minimumin
Its domainis and its rangeis
Differentiability
at.Notethat on and ; thereforethe functionis increasingin and
.Notethat on ; thereforethe functionis decreasingin.
if Hencethe criticalvaluesare athencethereis a relativeminimumat; hencethereis a relativemaximumat
on and on Hencethe graphis concaveup and decreasingon
and concavedownon Thereis an inflectionpointat locatedat the pointFinally, thereis absoluteminimumat locatedat and an absolutemaximumat
locatedat
Table Summary
Analysis
Domainand Range
Interceptsand Zeros
Asymptotesand limitsat infinity no asymptotes
Differentiability differentiableinandIntervalswheref is increasing