Exploring Calculus with Mathematica
Addison Wesley (Publisher)
Published on 31. May 1992
Software
Diskette
341 pages
978-0-201-55572-1 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
College/higher education
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 197 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-201-55572-1 (9780201555721)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
The explorations; welcome to Mathematica!; using graphs and tables; the rocket problem; curves and slopes; Fermat's method of limits; polynomial functions and their drivatives; rational functions and asymptotes; continuation of the rocket problem; the mean value theorem; assignments and definitions in Mathematica; sines and cosines; projectile motion and parametric equations; area predicting formulas; arc between curves; average value of a continuous function; arc length and Mathematica procedures; Euler's method; the fundemental theorem of calculus; numerical integration; the exponential function and e; exponential decay; projectile motion in a resisting medium; surfaces; 3D critical points; constrained optimization in two variables. Appendices.