Calculus is one of the grandest achievements of human thought, explaining everything from planetary orbits to the optimal size of a city to the periodicity of a heartbeat. This brisk course covers the core ideas of single-variable Calculus with emphases on conceptual understanding and applications. The course is ideal for students beginning in the engineering, physical, and social sciences. Distinguishing features of the course include: 1) the introduction and use of Taylor series and approximations from the beginning; 2) a novel synthesis of discrete and continuous forms of Calculus; 3) an emphasis on the conceptual over the computational; and 4) a clear, dynamic, unified approach.
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Calculus: Single Variable Part 2 - Differentiation
University of PennsylvaniaAbout this Course
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- Differential (Mathematics)
- Newton'S Method
- Linear Approximation
- Differential Calculus
- Derivative
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
A New Look at Differentiation
Putting Derivatives to Work
Differentials and Operators
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- 5 stars83.87%
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- 3 stars1.84%
- 2 stars0.80%
- 1 star0.34%
TOP REVIEWS FROM CALCULUS: SINGLE VARIABLE PART 2 - DIFFERENTIATION
some interesting applications of even the most basics of calculus, also finally a way to truely understand the second derivate test
This course has an appropriate amount of rigor for an intermediate math course. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I have learned.
This is the best single variable calculus course. I should have found this course when I was a first-year student at the college.
Great for reviewing concepts! Techniques for evaluating complex limits and the Taylor series have been explained very well.
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