Curve Sketching Using Calculus

What this note covers

1. The Systematic Procedure: An Overview
2. Domain, Intercepts, and End Behaviour
3. Stationary Points and the First Derivative
4. The Second Derivative: Concavity and Classification
5. Worked Example: Sketching a Cubic
6. Identifying Points of Inflection in Detail
7. Worked Example: Quartic with Repeated Feature

7 sections · 14 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes