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Chapter 18

Video Links 18-2

August 11, 2015July 23, 2015 by elaine

Videos:
This video gives a nice introduction to the limit of a function  (time: 8:44)
… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 18, Video Links Tags Differentiable function, Limit

Video Links 18-3

August 11, 2015July 23, 2015 by elaine

Videos:
Introduction to derivative –  (time: 8:44)
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Categories Chapter 18, Video Links Tags Derivatives

Video Links 18-1

August 11, 2015July 23, 2015 by elaine

Videos:
This video gives a nice introduction to answer the question “What is Calculus?”  (time: 1:32)
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Categories Chapter 18, Video Links Tags Calculus

Reference Topics 18-4

April 25, 2018July 23, 2015 by elaine

This is a more advanced site than we need for the introduction in this book, but check out the following discussion of area under a curve:
https://www.intmath.com/integration/3-area-under-curve.php… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 18, Reference Topics Tags Archimedes, Pi

Reference Topics 18-3

April 25, 2018July 23, 2015 by elaine

This is a more advanced site than we need for the introduction in this book, but check out the following choices on this site:
“Secants and tangents”
http://clas.sa.ucsb.edu/staff/lee/Secant,%20Tangent,%20and%20Derivatives.htm… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 18, Reference Topics Tags Secants, Tangent, Tangent line

Reference Topics 18-2

April 25, 2018July 23, 2015 by elaine

This is a more advanced site than we need for the introduction in this book, but check out the following choices on this site:
http://www.coolmath.com/lesson-whats-a-limit-1… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 18, Reference Topics Tags Limit, limit of the sequence

Reference Topics 18-1

April 25, 2018July 23, 2015 by elaine

Zeno’s paradox is discussed at this site:
http://mathforum.org/isaac/problems/zeno1.html

An interesting article on mathematical modeling and why it is important is found at this site:
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/jmorrow/math_models.html… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 18, Reference Topics Tags Archimedes, Pi, Secant, Tangent, zeno's paradox

History 18-4

July 23, 2015 by elaine

This is one of the best all around sites that I have found. It is titled “The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive.”
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/

This is an award-winning site that links to all sorts of mathematics information.
http://archives.math.utk.edu/… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 18, History

History 18-3

July 23, 2015 by elaine

This is one of the best all around sites that I have found. It is titled “The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive.”
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/

This is an award-winning site that links to all sorts of mathematics information.
http://archives.math.utk.edu/… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 18, History

History 18-2

July 23, 2015 by elaine

This is one of the best all around sites that I have found. It is titled “The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive.”
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/

This is an award-winning site that links to all sorts of mathematics information.
http://archives.math.utk.edu/… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 18, History
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