What is Calculus?: From Simple Algebra to Deep Analysis
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Hardback. This unique book provides a new and well-motivated introduction to calculus and analysis that are historically significant fundamental areas of mathematics and widely used in many disciplines. BIC Classification: PBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 674.
This unique book provides a new and well-motivated introduction to calculus and analysis, historically significant fundamental areas of mathematics that are widely used in many disciplines. It begins with familiar elementary high school geometry and algebra, and develops important concepts such as tangents and derivatives without using any advanced tools based on limits and infinite processes that dominate the traditional introductions to the subject. This simple algebraic method is a modern version of an idea that goes back to René Descartes and that has been largely forgotten. Moving beyond algebra, the need for new analytic concepts based on completeness, ... Read more
This unique book provides a new and well-motivated introduction to calculus and analysis, historically significant fundamental areas of mathematics that are widely used in many disciplines. It begins with familiar elementary high school geometry and algebra, and develops important concepts such as tangents and derivatives without using any advanced tools based on limits and infinite processes that dominate the traditional introductions to the subject. This simple algebraic method is a modern version of an idea that goes back to René Descartes and that has been largely forgotten. Moving beyond algebra, the need for new analytic concepts based on completeness, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789814644471
SKU
V9789814644471
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
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