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Introductory calculus : understanding the derivative /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Geveci, Tunc (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The foundation of the derivative
  • The derivative of a function at a point
  • The derivative as a function
  • The Leibniz notation
  • 2. Using the derivative for powers and linear combinations
  • The derivatives of rational powers of x
  • The derivatives of linear combinations
  • Higher-order derivatives
  • The proof of the power rule for arbitrary rational powers
  • 3. Using the derivatives of sine and cosine
  • The derivatives of sine and cosine at 0
  • The derivative functions corresponding to sine and cosine
  • 4. Using the derivative in velocity and acceleration
  • 5. Local linear approximations
  • The differential
  • The traditional notation for the differential
  • The accuracy of local linear approximations
  • 6. Understanding the product and quotient rules
  • The quotient rule
  • 7. Applying the chain rule
  • A plausibility argument for the chain rule
  • The chain rule in the Leibniz notation
  • The chain rule for more than two functions
  • The proof of the chain rule
  • 8. The problems of related rates
  • 9. The intermediate value theorem
  • Newton's method
  • 10. Using implicit differentiation