R. Michael Range, State University of New York at Albany, USA.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New Jersey :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
World Scientific,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2016.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxxi, 340 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Tangents to circles -- Tangents to parabolas -- Motion with variable speed -- Tangents to graphs of polynomials -- Rules for differentiation -- More general algebraic functions -- Beyond algebraic functions -- The cast : functions of a real variable -- Real numbers -- Functions -- Simple periodic functions -- Exponential functions -- Natural operations on functions -- Algebraic operations and functions -- Derivatives : how to measure change -- Algebraic derivatives by approximation -- Derivatives of exponential functions -- Differentiability and local linear approximation -- Properties of continuous functions -- Derivatives of trigonometric functions -- Simple differentiation rules -- Product and quotient rules -- Some applications of derivatives -- Exponential models -- The inverse problem and antiderivatives -- "Explosive growth" models -- Acceleration and motion with constant acceleration -- Periodic motions -- Geometric properties of graphs -- An algorithm for solving equations -- Applications to optimization -- Higher order approximations and Taylor polynomials -- The definite integral -- The area problem -- More applications of definite integrals -- Properties of definite integrals -- The fundamental theorem of calculus -- Existence of definite integrals -- Reversing the chain rule : substitution -- Reversing the product rule : integration by parts -- Higher order approximations, part 2: Taylor's theorem -- Excursion into complex numbers and the Euler identity.