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Johns Hopkins University

Precalculus: Periodic Functions

This course helps to build the foundational material to use mathematics as a tool to model, understand, and interpret the world around us. This is done through studying functions, their properties, and applications to data analysis. Concepts of precalculus provide the set of tools for the beginning student to begin their scientific career, preparing them for future science and calculus courses. This course is designed for all students, not just those interested in further mathematics courses. Students interested in the natural sciences, computer sciences, psychology, sociology, or similar will genuinely benefit from this introductory course, applying the skills learned to their discipline to analyze and interpret their subject material. Students will be presented with not only new ideas, but also new applications of an old subject. Real-life data, exercise sets, and regular assessments help to motivate and reinforce the content in this course, leading to learning and mastery.

Status: Applied Mathematics
Status: Algebra
BeginnerCourse9 hours

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TN

5.0Reviewed Mar 18, 2023

Thank you very much for your teaching, Sir! Your lectures are always clean and clear. I wish you were my school teacher.

HA

5.0Reviewed May 8, 2021

This course just like the preceding one is brilliant. After a very very very long time I can finally grasp the concepts undelrying the mathematics I studied at the high school.

WP

5.0Reviewed Jun 19, 2025

Wonderful course which explains the concepts rather than cramming equations, highly recommended for newbies in mathematics as well as people who have some math knowledge.

MC

5.0Reviewed Apr 3, 2022

Would have liked more background into range, domain, etc since it was on test questions....

EK

5.0Reviewed Jan 6, 2021

The course is challenging. I learned a lot about trigonometric functions and their behavior. I can now understand periodic ODEs better now...

AM

5.0Reviewed Nov 20, 2021

Absolutely loved this course. i recommend it to every beginner

WD

5.0Reviewed Sep 7, 2022

Outstanding teacher and well designed online course.

LS

5.0Reviewed Oct 26, 2021

Extremely well taught! Superb explanations and examples.

JC

5.0Reviewed Apr 10, 2021

Excellent course. Trigonometric concepts that, in previous courses, had been intimidating, confusing and tedious became dramatically less so.

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