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Title

Calculus Explorations using Mathematica
Author

Allen Hibbard
Organization: Central College
Department: Mathematics and Computer Science
Book information

Publisher: Saunders College Publishing
Copyright year: 1996
ISBN: 0030174244
Medium: Paperback
Pages: 193
Out of print?: N
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Contents

An Introduction to Mathematica | Basic Tools for our ToolBox | The Old Transformed into New: Transforming Functions | Machine Graphics and Families of Functions | The Derivative: A First Look | The Derivative: A Second Look | The Limit: The Key to Calculus | The Derivative: A Third Look | The Value of a Mean Theorem | In the Best Possible Worlds: Optimization | Polynomials Tailored for a Curve | Newton's Method: Getting to the Root of a Function | Parametric Equations | An Introduction to Area | Approximations to Area | Numerical Integration | Putting the Integral to Work | Next in the Sequence of Labs | One More in a Series | The Power of Series | Differential Equations | Going in Circles: Polar Plotting | Appendix
Description

A laboratory supplement for any calculus course that uses a set of Mathematica notebooks to illustrate mathematical concepts.
Subject

*Mathematics > Calculus and Analysis > Calculus
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