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Author Geveci, Tunc., author.

Title Introductory calculus : understanding the derivative / Tunc Geveci.

Publication Info. New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (136 pages) : illustrations.
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Note Co-published with Cognella Academic Publishing.
Includes index.
Contents 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 --
Index.
Access Restricted to libraries which purchase an unrestricted PDF download via an IP.
Note Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 9, 2015).
Subject Calculus.
Derivatives (Mathematics)
Genre/Form Libros electronicos.
ISBN 9781606508558 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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