Welcome to a space entirely dedicated to the rigor and elegance of mathematics. This website offers a curated collection of core mathematical proofs, designed to shed light on key concepts from secondary education (middle and high school) up to the foundations of higher mathematics.
My goal is simple: to make the underlying mechanisms of logic intuitive and to encourage the active and independent learning of the subject
Both educational and accessible, this platform serves as an interactive reference for my private tutoring students, while remaining freely open to enthusiasts, students, and curious minds seeking mathematical clarity.
Josselin DOUINEAU, maths teacher.
List of themes
Common algebraic calculation
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Properties of fractions\( : \frac{a}{b} = \frac{c}{d} \Longleftrightarrow ad = bc \)
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Properties of the powers of x (for natural exponents)\( : x^a x^b = x^{a+b}\)
Binomials
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Newton's binomial\( : (a + b)^n = \sum \binom{n}{p} a^{n-p}b^p \)
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Geometrical identity\( : a^n - b^n = (a-b) \sum a^{n-p-1}b^p \)
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Properties of the binomial\( : \binom{n}{p} = \binom{n -1}{p -1 } + \binom{n - 1}{p} \)
Analysis and enumerating
Linear algebra
Geometry of the triangle
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Pythagorean theorem and its reciprocal\( : a \perp b \Longleftrightarrow a^2 + b^2 = c^2 \)
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Thales' theorem and its reciprocal\( : BC \parallel DE \Longleftrightarrow \frac{AB}{AD} = \frac{AC}{AE} = \frac{BC}{DE} \)
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Geometric laws of a triangle\( : S_{abc} = \sqrt{p(p-a)(p-b)(p-c)} \)
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Similarity of two triangles
Geometry of the circle
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Right-angled triangle inscribed in a circle
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Calculation of Pi \( (\pi)\) by geometrical method
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Potency of a point in relation to a circle\( : \overline{OA} \times \overline{OB} = \overline{OC} \times \overline{OD} \)
Space and vectors
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Calculation of surfaces and volumes by integration\( : S_{sphere} = 4\pi R^2 \)
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Properties of the scalar product\( : \vec{u}\cdot\vec{v} = ||\vec{u}|| \times ||\vec{v}|| \times \cos(\vec{u}, \vec{v})\)
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Properties of the vector product\( : || \vec{u} \land \vec{v} || = || \vec{u}|| \times || \vec{v}|| \times \sin(\vec{u}, \vec{v}) \)
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Analytical geometry in space\( : M \in \mathcal{P}(A, \vec{n}) \hspace{0.1em} \Longleftrightarrow \hspace{0.1em} ax + by + cz + d = 0 \)
Trigonometry
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Trigonometric operations formulas\( : \sin(2\alpha) = 2 \sin(\alpha) \cos(\alpha) \)
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Euler's trigonometric formulas\( : e^{ix} = \cos(x) + i \sin(x) \)
Complex numbers
Usual functions
Polynomials and equations
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Solving quadratic equations\( : P_2(X) = aX^2 + bX + c = 0 \)
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Solving cubic equations\( : P_3(X) = aX^3 + bX^2 + cX + d = 0\)
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Lagrange interpolating polynomial\( : L(X) = y_0 L_0(X) + y_1 L_1(X) + \ ... \ + \hspace{0.2em} y_n L_n(X) \)
Differential calculus
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L'Hôpital's rule\( : \enspace \lim_{x \to \alpha} \enspace \frac{f(x)}{g(x)} = \lim_{x \to \alpha} \enspace \frac{f'(x)}{g'(x)} \)
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Derivativity\( : f'(x) = \lim_{h \to 0} \enspace \frac{f(x+h) - f(x)}{h} \)
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Derivatives of standard functions\( : (x^n)' = nx^{n - 1} \)
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Derivatives of trigonometric functions\( : \operatorname{Arcsin}(x)' = \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 - x^2}} \)
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Derivatives of operations on functions\( : (f \circ g)' = g'(f' \circ g) \)
Studies of functions
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Convexity\( : f \enspace convex \enspace on \enspace I \Longleftrightarrow f(x) \geqslant f'(a)(x - a) + f(a) \)
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Mean value theorem\( : \exists c \in \bigl ]a,b \bigr[, \ f'(c) = \frac{ f(b) - f(a)}{b-a} \)
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Newton's method: a way to approximate any value\( : a_{n + 1} = a_n - \frac{f(a_n)}{f'(a_n)} \)
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Length of a curve over an interval\( : {\displaystyle L_{\bigl[a, b \bigr]}(f) \approx \int_a^b \sqrt{1 + \bigl[f'(t)\bigr]^2} \ dt} \)
Integral calculus
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Properties of integrals\( : {\displaystyle \int^x } \bigl(\lambda f + \mu g \bigr) \ dt = \lambda {\displaystyle \int^x } f \ dt + \mu {\displaystyle \int^x } g \ dt \)
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Link between integrals and antiderivatives\( : F(x) = F(a) + {\displaystyle \int_a^x } f(t) \ dt \)
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Standard antiderivatives and general integration methods\( : {\displaystyle \int_a^b } (f'g) \hspace{0.2em}dt = \Bigl[fg\Bigr]_{a}^b - {\displaystyle \int_a^b } (fg') \hspace{0.2em}dt \)
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Integration methods for rational fractions \( : {\displaystyle \int^x } \frac{1}{t^2 + pt + q} \ dt = \frac{1}{(x_1 - x_2)} \ \ln \left| \frac{x-x_1}{x-x_2} \right| \)
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Integration methods for rational fractions with square roots \( : {\displaystyle \int^x } \frac{dt}{\sqrt{a^2 + t^2}} = \ln \left|\sqrt{ a^2 + x^2 } + x\right| \)
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Antiderivatives of trigonometric functions\( : {\displaystyle \int^x } \tan(t) \ dt = - \ln|\cos(x)| \)
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Fourier series \( : {\displaystyle f(t) = a_0 + \sum_{n = 1}^{+ \infty} a_n \cos(n \omega t) + \sum_{n = 1}^{+ \infty} b_n \sin(n \omega t) } \)
Differential equations
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Solving 1 st order linear differential equations with continuous coefficient\( : y' + a(x)y = f(x) \)
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Solving 2 nd order linear differential equations with constant coefficients\( : y'' + ay' + by= f(x) \)
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Superposition principle
Asymptotic analysis
Sequences
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Properties of numerical sequences\( : {\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty} \bigl[ u_n \bigr] = l \Longrightarrow \lim_{n \to \infty} \left[ \frac{1}{n + 1} \sum_{k = 0}^n u_k \right] = l } \)
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The Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio\( : F_n = \frac{\varphi^n}{\sqrt{5}} - \frac{(1 - \varphi)^n}{\sqrt{5}} \)
Sums
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Usual sums\( : {\displaystyle \sum_{k = 0}^n} k = \frac{n(n+1)}{2} \)
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Properties of sums\( : {\displaystyle \sum_{k=0}^n \bigl [a_{k+1} - a_k \bigr] = a_{n+1} - a_{0} } \)
Series
Divisibility
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Euclid's algorithm\( : b \nmid a \Longleftrightarrow a = bq + R \)
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Properties of divisibility\( : ka \mid kb \hspace{0.2em} \Longrightarrow \hspace{0.2em} a \mid b \)
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Properties of the
GCD of two natural numbers\( : a = bq + R \Longrightarrow GCD(a, b) = GCD(b, R) \)
Prime numbers
Modular arithmetic
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Properties of congruences\( : a \equiv b \hspace{0.2em} \bigl[ n \bigr] \Longleftrightarrow n \mid (a - b) \)
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Bezout's theorem ans its corollary\( : a \wedge b = 1 \Longleftrightarrow au + bv = 1 \)
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Gauss' theorem ans its corollary\( : (a \mid bc) \text{ and } (a \wedge b = 1) \hspace{0.2em} \Longrightarrow \hspace{0.2em} a \mid c \)
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Fermat's small theorem and its corollary\( : a^p \equiv a \hspace{0.2em} \bigl[p\bigr] \)