Facts on File Calculus Handbook

Author:

Maor, Eli

ISBN-13:

9780816062294

ISBN:

0816062293

Pub Date: 2005
Publisher: Facts On File, Incorporated

Summary: Praise for the hardcover edition: ""...first-rate illustrations and explanations...The presentation of the material is clear and understandable...Recommended.""Choice ""...useful...a practical ready-reference resource...suitable for school and public libraries as well as academic reference collections.""American Reference Books Annual 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. Among the topics covered are: 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. [read more]

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