Exploring calculus with mathematica : for the Macintosh interface

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Exploring calculus with mathematica : for the Macintosh interface

James K. Finch, Millianne Lehmann

(Math exploration series)

Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1992

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Includes index

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Table of Contents

  • 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.

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  • NCID
    BA18622445
  • ISBN
    • 0201555727
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Reading, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 341 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Attached Material
    1 diskette
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