This textbook covers single variable Differential Calculus.
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- Title
- CLP-1 Differential Calculus
- Author(s)
- Andrew Rechnitzer, Elyse Yeager, Joel Feldman
- Published
- 2023-05-14
- Edition
- 1
- Format
- eBook (pdf, epub, mobi)
- Pages
- 426
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
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- Free eBook, Errata, Code, Solutions, etc.
The Basics Numbers Sets Other Important Sets Functions Parsing Formulas Inverse Functions Limits Drawing Tangents and a First Limit Another Limit and Computing Velocity The Limit of a Function Calculating Limits with Limit Laws Limits at Infinity Continuity (Optional) — Making the Informal a Little More Formal (Optional) — Making Infinite Limits a Little More Formal (Optional) — Proving the Arithmetic of Limits Derivatives Revisiting Tangent Lines Definition of the Derivative Interpretations of the Derivative Arithmetic of Derivatives - a Differentiation Toolbox Proofs of the Arithmetic of Derivatives Using the Arithmetic of Derivatives – Examples Derivatives of Exponential Functions Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions One More Tool – the Chain Rule The Natural Logarithm Implicit Differentiation Inverse Trigonometric Functions The Mean Value Theorem Higher Order Derivatives (Optional) — Is limxcf'(x) Equal to f'(c)? Applications of Derivatives Velocity and Acceleration Related Rates Exponential Growth and Decay — a First Look at Differential Equations Carbon Dating Newton's Law of Cooling Population Growth Approximating Functions Near a Specified Point — Taylor Polynomials Zeroth Approximation — the Constant Approximation First Approximation — the Linear approximation Second Approximation — the Quadratic Approximation Still Better Approximations — Taylor Polynomials Some Examples Estimating Change and x, y Notation Further Examples The Error in the Taylor Polynomial Approximations (Optional) — Derivation of the Error Formulae Optimisation Local and Global Maxima and Minima Finding Global Maxima and Minima Max/Min Examples Sketching Graphs Domain, Intercepts and Asymptotes First Derivative — Increasing or Decreasing Second Derivative — Concavity Symmetries A Checklist for Sketching Sketching Examples L'Hôpital's Rule and Indeterminate Forms Standard Examples Variations Towards Integral Calculus Introduction to Antiderivatives High School Material Similar Triangles Pythagoras Trigonometry — Definitions Radians, Arcs and Sectors Trigonometry — Graphs Trigonometry — Special Triangles Trigonometry — Simple Identities Trigonometry — Add and Subtract Angles Inverse Trigonometric Functions Areas Volumes Powers Logarithms Highschool Material You Should be Able to Derive Origin of Trig, Area and Volume Formulas Theorems about Triangles Thales' Theorem Pythagoras Trigonometry Angles — Radians vs Degrees Trig Function Definitions Important Triangles Some More Simple Identities Identities — Adding Angles Identities — Double-angle Formulas Identities — Extras Inverse Trigonometric Functions Cosine and Sine Laws Cosine Law or Law of Cosines Sine Law or Law of Sines Circles, cones and spheres Where Does the Formula for the Area of a Circle Come From? Where Do These Volume Formulas Come From? Root Finding Newton's Method The Error Behaviour of Newton's Method The false position (regula falsi) method The secant method The Error Behaviour of the Secant Method
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