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About the Course

Calculus is one of the grandest achievements of human thought, explaining everything from planetary orbits to the optimal size of a city to the periodicity of a heartbeat. This brisk course covers the core ideas of single-variable Calculus with emphases on conceptual understanding and applications. The course is ideal for students beginning in the engineering, physical, and social sciences. Distinguishing features of the course include: 1) the introduction and use of Taylor series and approximations from the beginning; 2) a novel synthesis of discrete and continuous forms of Calculus; 3) an emphasis on the conceptual over the computational; and 4) a clear, dynamic, unified approach. In this first part--part one of five--you will extend your understanding of Taylor series, review limits, learn the *why* behind l'Hopital's rule, and, most importantly, learn a new language for describing growth and decay of functions: the BIG O....

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YG

Jul 2, 2018

Very well structured for a refresher course. Thank you Professor Ghrist for your effort in putting this course together. A little additional outside research was required but well worth the effort.

NL

Feb 9, 2021

Excellent introduction to Calculus, I wanted to review the material to tutor my child but I am very happy that I learned a whole new way of looking at Calculus.

Thank you so much Prof. Ghrist.

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By Casagrande N

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Aug 23, 2023

Nice course but some concepts should be presented with a slower speed and a more in depth construction

By Canan G

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Apr 19, 2020

Thanks for your efforts for this course but despite i have finished the course, it was hard for me

By Elany A d C

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May 3, 2020

Taylor series is not important. I miss derivate, integral and more about limits and functions.

By james.v

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Jul 16, 2019

Lot of gab between video lecture and assignment problems

By saad k

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Jan 16, 2016

very defcult

By Amir Y

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Feb 10, 2022

good

By Omar A K

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Aug 2, 2017

Easy if you consider the fact that I learned the proper definition of the limit before differentiation and before (of course) any presentation of the Taylor series, with the proper integral rest of course, french mathematical education is not that bad after all.

By Natasha K

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May 16, 2022

Information is high level but the homework is more detailed. Needed to find supplemental information to complete coursework. Found Kahn Academy to be more useful

By Ashkan R

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Feb 5, 2016

Calculus isn't that LONG!! you can divide it into 2 courses, not 4, namely single- and multi- variable(s).

By Shubham S

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Jun 24, 2022

why i havn't recieved my cerificate

By Mursalin S

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Aug 10, 2020

certificate?