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The Facts On File Calculus Handbook
  • Authored by: Eli Maor, Ph.D.
  • From the Series: Science Handbook
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  • ISBN-10: 1438109547
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-4381-0954-1
  • Status: In Stock
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  • Imprint: Facts On File
  • Published: 06/01/2003
  • Dewey Number: 515
  • Reading Level: Grades 6-12
  • Pages: 176

Summary

The Facts On File Calculus Handbook brings the fundamentals of calculus to students in an easy and accessible format. An ideal primer for the subject, this book takes all the basics of calculus and helps students understand and apply them in their work.

Topics include:

  • Absolute value
  • Binomial theorem
  • Derivative
  • Exponential growth
  • Greatest integer function
  • Implicit differentiation
  • Integration
  • Law of cosines
  • Linear function
  • Parabola
  • Polynomial functions
  • Second derivative
  • Velocity.
Biographies include:
  • Jakob Bernoulli
  • René Descartes
  • Eudoxus of Cnidus
  • Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
  • Carl Friedrich Gauss
  • Sir Isaac Newton
  • Blaise Pascal
  • François Viète
  • John Wallis.
Tables, charts, and diagrams include:
  • Complementary and supplementary relations (angles in degrees)
  • Convergence tests for series
  • Derivatives
  • Indefinite integrals (antiderivatives)
  • Periodicity (angles in radians)
  • Pythagorean relations
  • Sum-to-product formulas
  • Values for special angles.

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"...a compact and concise supplement to the traditional calculus textbook...a useful addition to the personal library of anyone who is interested in mathematics..."
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"...first-rate illustrations and explanations. A historical introduction supplies excellent background...The presentation of the material is clear and understandable...Recommended."
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