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1. Compare the topic list with the current course outline from your school.
2. Pick a topic you can partly explain and identify the exact part you want to work through.
3. Bring one example of the kind of question or task your school uses.

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Topics in the resource inventory

• Modulus, argument, polar form and de Moivre's theorem for integral powers
• Addition as vector addition, multiplication as rotation and dilation, and complex-number geometry
• Loci and regions in the complex plane: circles, rays, perpendicular bisectors and |z - a| = k|z - b|
• nth roots of unity and of complex numbers; factor and remainder theorems, conjugate roots and polynomial equations
• Composition of functions: when f(g(x)) is defined, its domain and range
• One-to-one functions, inverse functions and the reflection property
• Absolute value, y = 1/f(x), y = |f(x)|, y = f(|x|) and rational functions with vertical, horizontal and oblique asymptotes
• 3D vector algebra, scalar product and vector proofs of geometric results
• Lines, line segments, spheres and parametric curves; do the paths cross or do the particles meet?
• Cross product, planes and systems of three linear equations with their geometric interpretation
• Vector functions of time: velocity, acceleration, distance travelled, projectile and circular motion
• Integration with trigonometric identities and the substitution u = g(x), including exact definite integrals
• Integral of 1/x, f'(x)/f(x) and partial fractions
• Areas between curves in x and in y, volumes of solids of revolution about either axis, and numerical integration
• Implicit differentiation, related rates and the increments formula
• Separable differential equations and slope fields
• Formulating differential equations: exponential, logistic and other growth-rate models
• Rectilinear motion with variable acceleration, v dv/dx, and simple harmonic motion
• The sample mean as a random variable: distribution of X-bar and the central limit theorem
• Confidence intervals for a population mean: construction, sample size, width and interpretation