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The domain of a function is just all the x-values that have a corresponding y-value. Typically, you need to check for discontinuities or vertical asymptotes. For example, any x value that causes the denominator of a fraction to be 0 must be excluded from the domain, since you can't divide by 0.

A simple case would be f(x) = 1 / x

If x = 0 , the denominator is 0 and the function is undefined; all other values of x have a corresponding value for f(x), so the domain would be x < 0 and x > 0, or (-∞, 0) U (0, ∞).

>>M.T.<<

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