Yet Another Calculus Text

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sloughter, Daniel C., 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Textbooks.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Greenville, South Carolina Dan Sloughter [2007]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

I intend this book to be, firstly, a introduction to calculus based on the hyperrealnumber system. In other words, I will use infinitesimal and infinite numbers freely. Just as most beginning calculus books provide no logical justification for the real number system, I will provide none for the hyperreals. The reader interested in questions of foundations should consult books such asAbraham Robinson's Non-standard Analysis or Robert Goldblatt's Lectures onthe Hyperreals. Secondly, I have aimed the text primarily at readers who already have somefamiliarity with calculus. Although the book does not explicitly assume any prerequisites beyond basic algebra and trigonometry, in practice the pace istoo fast for most of those without some acquaintance with the basic notions of calculus.

Contents:

1 Derivatives

1.1 The arrow paradox

1.2 Rates of change

1.3 The hyperreals

1.4 Continuous functions

1.5 Properties of continuous functions

1.6 The derivative

1.7 Properties of derivatives

1.8 A geometric interpretation of the derivative

1.9 Increasing, decreasing, and local extrema

1.10 Optimization

1.11 Implicit differentiation and rates of change

1.12 Higher-order derivatives

2 Integrals

2.1 Integrals

2.2 Definite integrals

2.3 Properties of definite integrals

2.4 The fundamental theorem of integrals

2.5 Applications of definite integrals

2.6 Some techniques for evaluating integrals

2.7 The exponential and logarithm functions

Answers to ExercisesIndex

Notes:

Description based on online resource