Calculus in a Nutshell
Investigate the central ideas of calculus and learn how to put them to use.
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Course description
Calculus has such a wide scope and depth of application that it's easy to lose sight of the forest for the trees.
This course takes a bird's-eye view, using visual and physical intuition to present the major pillars of calculus: limits, derivatives, integrals, and infinite sums. You'll walk away with a clear sense of what calculus is and what it can do.
Topics covered
- Antiderivatives
- Derivatives
- Derivative rules
- The Fundamental Theorem
- Geometric applications
- Geometric series
- Infinite sums
- Integrals
- Limits
- Riemann sums
- Science applications
- Tangent lines