Calculus for dummies / Mark Ryan.

By: Ryan, Mark, 1955-Material type: TextTextSeries: --For dummies: Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Pub., 2003Description: xvi, 364 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0764524984 (pbk.); 9780764524981 (pbk.)Subject(s): CalculusDDC classification: 515 LOC classification: QA303.2 | .R86 2003Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents
Contents:
What is calculus? -- The two big ideas of calculus: differentiation and integration -- Why calculus works -- Pre-algebra and algebra review -- Funky functions and their groovy graphs -- The trig tango -- Limits and continuity -- Evaluating limits -- Differentiation orientation -- Differentiation rules--yeah, man, it rules -- Differentiation and the shape of curves -- Your problems are solved: differentiation to the rescue! -- Intro to integration and approximating area -- Integration: it's backwards differentiation -- Integration techniques for experts -- Forget Dr. Phil: use the integral to solve problems -- Infinite series -- Ten things to remember -- Ten things to forget -- Ten things you can't get away with.
Summary: Offers an introduction to the principles of calculus, covering such topics as limits, differentiation, and integration.
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Includes index.

What is calculus? -- The two big ideas of calculus: differentiation and integration -- Why calculus works -- Pre-algebra and algebra review -- Funky functions and their groovy graphs -- The trig tango -- Limits and continuity -- Evaluating limits -- Differentiation orientation -- Differentiation rules--yeah, man, it rules -- Differentiation and the shape of curves -- Your problems are solved: differentiation to the rescue! -- Intro to integration and approximating area -- Integration: it's backwards differentiation -- Integration techniques for experts -- Forget Dr. Phil: use the integral to solve problems -- Infinite series -- Ten things to remember -- Ten things to forget -- Ten things you can't get away with.

Offers an introduction to the principles of calculus, covering such topics as limits, differentiation, and integration.

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