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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.

VP

May 30, 2020

The course is awesome ,I learn lot from this course . Taylor's series and its applications to find limits is very good. Big-O is very useful. Thanks for giving such a wonderful course.

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By Kasym N

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Jun 23, 2020

Still, I couldn't grab the meaning of Limits.

By Shwet R

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Jan 10, 2016

Its really challenging and rewarding course.

By Slobodan K

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Oct 29, 2022

very good for recapitulation of knowledge!

By adilet a

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Jun 17, 2016

This is very good course for students!!!

By Rajasekhar

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May 21, 2016

Good illustration of complex topics.

By Atef H

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May 21, 2016

Great new approach towards calculus.

By Huan Y C

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Jul 26, 2024

this course is very challenging.

By PADMA A

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May 12, 2020

The course is really informative

By JEROME R P L

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Mar 18, 2023

Add more examples pleaseeeee!

By Ahsan M

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Jan 25, 2020

great course fot beignners !!

By Oliver A

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Jan 2, 2023

great teaching and material

By Jaspreet S

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Jan 25, 2016

very good learning process

By Anne-Marie B

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Jan 21, 2026

It was really hard

By Amri M

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Feb 8, 2021

lil bit confusing

By Balakrishnan M

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Apr 11, 2020

Improve knowledge

By Фаттахов Р Р

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Jun 16, 2025

не супер понятно

By MOHA A

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Jan 4, 2025

Excellent cours

By Sattam S S A

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Apr 26, 2020

it was great

By J. M

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May 20, 2016

Very good!

By olfa m

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Dec 6, 2024

so hard

By Arthur S

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Sep 10, 2022

good

By Aditya T

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Jun 25, 2017

good

By Senanayake H

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Dec 18, 2016

good

By suman K

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Jun 21, 2020

nic

By Jonah A

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Feb 11, 2019

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