# Function Definitions

Well, I've a defined function below to show and share with you guys from a textbook which is used in Math(s):

$f(x) = \frac{3}{2+x^2}$ and notates $f(-x) = f(x)$,

$f: D_f\to R_f$ and $x^2+2 \neq 0$ and $D_f=\mathbb R$ ,

for all $x \in \mathbb R: 0 < f(x) = \frac{3}{2+x^2}\leq 3 / 2, R_f=(0, 3/2]$ and declares $[0, +\infty)$

Could you help me some to analyse and understand this function equation, more particularly, for $D_f=\mathbb R$ definition. What about $x^2+2 \neq 0$ declaring, it seems like there is something missing with that $D_f$'s set assignment...? Any idea, please?

By the way, should a function ever equal a negative value for it's display ($R_f$) set?

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I tried my best to format this, but it is very difficult to make sense of your question. – Alex Becker Feb 29 '12 at 3:58
Humm... It's called "Math" and I revised the equation from the book so...?? I don't know what time is it there now but, it's already too late here (06:20)... :) OK, thank you for editing my post, now we're almost even... :D :) – Kerim Atasoy Feb 29 '12 at 4:20
...I guess people're looking for more challenging problems those might worth time to spend on, maybe that's why, who knows... :) – Kerim Atasoy Feb 29 '12 at 4:25
It's because "notates" and "declares" make no sense in this context. We have no idea what is being asked. – Alex Becker Feb 29 '12 at 4:26
Well, I often use some dictionaries, they're quite helpful and I guess it worths spend some time with them also... :) "Don't shoot the messenger." :) – Kerim Atasoy Feb 29 '12 at 4:33

I can't make heads or tails of the question, but see if this helps:

We let $f(x)=3/(2+x^2)$. We note that, for all $x$, $(-x)^2=x^2$, and it follows that for all $x$, $f(-x)=f(x)$.

The denominator $x^2+2$ is never zero, so we can take the domain of the function (that's your $D_f$) to be the entire real line, $\bf R$.

For all $x$ wqe have $x^2\ge0$, so $x^2+2\ge2$, so $0\lt3/(2+x^2)\le3/2$. That is to say the range (your $R_f$) is $(0,3/2]$.

I have no idea what "declares $[0,+\infty)$" means.

Functions can definitely have negative values; this particular function doesn't.

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:) Thank you, Gerry. See guys, I'm not that "bad" at all... :) I just need some answers, that's why. – Kerim Atasoy Feb 29 '12 at 4:40
That’s pretty much the answer that I’d have given. Like you, I’m puzzled by ‘declares $[0,+\infty)$’ bit, unless it’s badly mangled from some explanation that $\lim_{x\to\infty}f(x)=0$, thereby justifying the $(0,\dots$ in the description of the range. – Brian M. Scott Feb 29 '12 at 5:25
So, I can use the term "range" for that, I see now. Really, I'm not trying to make your day harder, I should be more clear as you all said before. But, actually, sometimes, I find some mistakes in the book and those might make people mad also... – Kerim Atasoy Feb 29 '12 at 5:40
I can't talk or even say a word for "Limits" in Maths because I don't know that subject at all, so... – Kerim Atasoy Feb 29 '12 at 5:47