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Understanding Calculus: Problems, Solutions, and Tips

Series: Understanding Calculus: Problems, Solutions, and Tips
4.8
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Episodes
36
Rating
TVPG
Year
2008
Language
English
Publisher
The Great Courses

About

These 36 episodes cover all the major topics of a full-year calculus course in high school at the College Board Advanced Placement AB level or a first-semester course in college. Award-winning Professor Bruce H. Edwards guides you through hundreds of examples and problems, each of which is designed to explain and reinforce the major concepts of this vital mathematical field.

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Episodes

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1. A Preview of Calculus

33m

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Calculus is the mathematics of change, a field with many important applications in science, engineering, medicine, business, and other disciplines. Begin by surveying the goals of the series. Then get your feet wet by investigating the classic tangent line problem, which illustrates the concept of limits.

2. Review - Graphs, Models, and Functions

30m

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In the first of two review episodes on precalculus, examine graphs of equations and properties such as symmetry and intercepts. Also explore the use of equations to model real life and begin your study of functions, which Professor Edwards calls the most important concept in mathematics.

3. Review - Functions and Trigonometry

30m

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Continue your review of precalculus by looking at different types of functions and how they can be identified by their distinctive shapes when graphed. Then review trigonometric functions, using both the right triangle definition as well as the unit circle definition, which measures angles in radians rather than degrees.

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The Great Coursesdirector
The Great Coursesproducer
Bruce H. Edwardsactor