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Calculus is the branch of mathematics that deals with continuously changing quantities and motion. Sir Isaac Newton was one of the pioneers of calculus.
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Places To GoThe following are places to go (some real and some virtual) to find out about calculus.
eCalculus
Directory of calculus links for tutorials, homework help, history sample tests, and tips on exam preparation.
Directory of calculus links for tutorials, homework help, history sample tests, and tips on exam preparation.
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Mudd College Online Tutorial
This site features online tutorials covering precalculus, calculus, multivariable calculus, linear algebra and differential equations.
This site features online tutorials covering precalculus, calculus, multivariable calculus, linear algebra and differential equations.
Math Tools - Calculus
Visit the Math Tool website to find numerous resources for practicing calculus skills.
Visit the Math Tool website to find numerous resources for practicing calculus skills.
People To SeeCalculus Help
Chat with the experts at Calculus Help and check out their calculus tutorials and Problems of the Week.
Chat with the experts at Calculus Help and check out their calculus tutorials and Problems of the Week.
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History of the Calculus
Meet the people--like Leucippus, Democritus and Antiphon--who made contributions to the development of calculus.
Meet the people--like Leucippus, Democritus and Antiphon--who made contributions to the development of calculus.
Math Mistakes
Spend time with people who make math mistakes. This website lets you view common calculus mistakes and gives ideas to avoid the same kinds of problems.
Spend time with people who make math mistakes. This website lets you view common calculus mistakes and gives ideas to avoid the same kinds of problems.
Things To DoAP
Calculus
From the Advanced Placement Program, get tips and tricks to help in passing AP exams. You'll find example questions and responses that will give experience for the actual exam.
From the Advanced Placement Program, get tips and tricks to help in passing AP exams. You'll find example questions and responses that will give experience for the actual exam.
The Calculus,
Concepts, Computers and Cooperative Learning Program
Read through these concepts about how students learn and retain mathematical principles.
Read through these concepts about how students learn and retain mathematical principles.
Calculus on
the Web (COW)
COW is an internet utility for learning and practicing calculus. Give students the opportunity to learn and practice problems in calculus in a friendly environment via the internet.
COW is an internet utility for learning and practicing calculus. Give students the opportunity to learn and practice problems in calculus in a friendly environment via the internet.
Step-by-Step Derivatives
and Integrals
Enter your calculus problem on this interactive site and let it figure the solution and show you the steps along the way.
Enter your calculus problem on this interactive site and let it figure the solution and show you the steps along the way.
Teacher Resources Virtual Field Trips are teacher and student-created
tours of curricular topics. (You can learn how to use this UEN Virtual
Field Trip tool created by UEN for Utah educators).
Bibliography- Abbott, Percival. Calculus. Lincolnwood, Ill.: NTC/Contemporary Pub., 1997.
- Bleau, Barbara Lee. Forgotten Calculus: A Refresher Course with Applications to Economics and Business. Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's Educational Series, c1994.
- Downing, Douglas. Calculus the Easy Way. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, c1996.
- Dykes, Joan. Introduction to Calculus. New York, NY: HarperPerennial, c1992.
- Morgan, Frank. Calculus Lite. Wellesley, Mass.: A K Peters, c1997.
- Ross, Debra. Master Math: Calculus. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press, c1998.
- Smith, Ron. Business Calculus. New York: HarperPerennial, c1993.
- Thompson, Silvanus Phillips. Calculus Made Easy: Being a Very-simplest Introduction to Those Beautiful Methods of Reckoning Which Are Generally Called by the Terrifying Names of the Differential Calculus and the Integral Calculus. New York: St. Martin's Press, c1998.
- Weaver, Jefferson Hane. Conquering Calculus: The Easy Road to Understanding Mathematics. New York: Plenum Trade, c1998.
- Zandy, Bernard V. Calculus. Lincoln, Neb.: Cliffs Notes, Inc., c1993.