Q: Notation for Differentiable Functions

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Hi,

I was wondering, how can i express the following in notation (function notation i think it is? The one where we {(x,y) [tex]\in[/tex] R3 : x + y = 0}

Q: Set of real polynomials of any degree

Q: Set of all differentiable functions (which I guess just means continuous functions, but nevertheless not sure how to express this properly?)

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Hi rudders93,
I hope the following is what you are looking for (and free from errors)

The space of polynomials in a formal variable x over the field F is denoted
F[x] = { a0 + a1x +...+ anxn | aiF, n < ∞ }
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Examples_of_vector_spaces#Polynomial_vector_spaces" on Wikipedia for more info.

Continuous does not mean the same as differentiable.
The set of real functions for which the nth derivative exists over the entire domain Ω⊆R is denoted
Cn(Ω) = { f:Ω→R | f'∈Cn-1(Ω) }
This is a recursive definition terminating with continuous functions
C0(Ω) = { f:Ω→R | limx→cf(x)=f(c) ∀ c∈Ω }
For more info see Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smooth_function#Differentiability_classes"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_function"
 
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