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About the Course

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. In this first part--part one of five--you will extend your understanding of Taylor series, review limits, learn the *why* behind l'Hopital's rule, and, most importantly, learn a new language for describing growth and decay of functions: the BIG O....

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YG

Jul 2, 2018

Very well structured for a refresher course. Thank you Professor Ghrist for your effort in putting this course together. A little additional outside research was required but well worth the effort.

NL

Feb 9, 2021

Excellent introduction to Calculus, I wanted to review the material to tutor my child but I am very happy that I learned a whole new way of looking at Calculus.

Thank you so much Prof. Ghrist.

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By Serdal A

Nov 30, 2020

I like the course. I attempted all quizzes and homework. I think I did them well. I wish I had its certificate as well. Thank you.

By Josh S

Jun 9, 2023

Fantastic lecturing with amazing real-world applications and fascinating, thoughtful bonus material. Thank you professor Ghrist!

By Chun Y T

Oct 31, 2024

After many work in the industry, I never use the calculus after graduation. I help to recall what I have learned in the past.

By ASHWANI K J

Jan 11, 2016

This course really boost up the knowledge of Calculus with depth of understanding.

The quiz of challenges were really awesome.

By Jorge E M L V

Mar 18, 2019

ES MUY BUENO ESTE CURSO DE VERDAD QUE SE APRENDE MUCHO AQUÍ, LO RECOMIENDO BASTANTE YA QUE TIENE CONTENIDOS MUY INTERESANTES

By Eric H

Jun 18, 2017

Lectures are clear and well presented, slides are dynamic and very well done. Prof Ghrist put together an excellent course.

By Jarrod K

Nov 11, 2016

Fantastic applied mathematics course for students interested in engineering. Extremely challenging but amazingly rewarding.

By 邹文平

May 27, 2020

Thank you so much. Your courses are interesting and really get me engaged in Calculus which I have found difficult so far.

By Georgii F

May 20, 2017

Great course, thank you! Easy explanations for complecated math theorems is exactly what I wanted to see in online course.

By Noe G S G

Apr 26, 2016

Mr. Robert Ghrist is an excellent teacher. It's a dificult course.,You wil need to practice very much. But you can do it.

By Tsun F C

Jun 22, 2021

Very inspiring and challenging course. Definitely suitable for those who want to gain a deeper insight into precalculus.

By Khin M M M

Jan 8, 2021

Dear Teachers,

I would like to tell you about my thanks because of it was very beneficial course for me.

Best wishes!!!

By Gallo B

Mar 14, 2021

Great course on Functions. But, as the Proffesor said, it is challenging and require some knowledge of A-level calculus

By Irina Š

May 5, 2020

Great course! Thank you Professor Ghrist for being a great teacher and giving us the right intuition for every lesson.

By Zeda L

Jun 13, 2017

Excellent!Professor makes it so easy for me to understand and learn the difficult part of this course. Thanks a lot!

By K. L S

May 24, 2020

Challenging and entertaining as well.

Personally, I must learn to utilize the forums as I continue in these courses.

By Yuji N

Oct 28, 2016

I liked these fancy lecture videos in this course! It's really fun to learn and yet I can learn an advanced stuffs.

By oximas 2

Jan 28, 2020

this is a great course, it talks about a lot of important points in calculus and I really got a lot of value of it

By Ujjwal K

Jan 3, 2018

I sincerely thank the professors and the coursera.org team for bringing out to the public this excellent course.

By Zheng J Y

Jan 29, 2019

It's a very nice course. I strongly recommend it no matter who your are, as long as you what to learn calculus.

By Rudravisek S

Apr 25, 2024

A very engaging course. Goes into detail about each and every concept. Definitely for Mathematics Enthusiasts.

By Yalçın C K

May 29, 2018

This approach of defining taylor series and using them to study limits , function etc is realy a great idea:)

By Samuel K

Sep 20, 2020

Excellent course. You MUST have some previous calculus exposure to take this class. It is quite difficult.

By Brandon Y

Jul 5, 2020

This course helped me to rationalize calculus concepts in ways not taught by my high school calculus course.

By Xiaoming J

May 22, 2017

Very good organized and I especially like the exercises in this course which is both challenging and doable.