Calculus I β Differential & Integral Calculus
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- Chapter overview
- Functions, domain, and range ~12 min
- Reading and transforming graphs ~12 min
- Composing and decomposing functions ~12 min
- Inverse functions, again ~10 min
- Exponentials, logarithms, and e ~14 min
- Trigonometry in radians ~14 min
- Algebraic survival kit ~14 min
- Difference quotients ~12 min
- Chapter wrap-up
1 Limits and continuity π
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- The tangent line problem and rates of change ~12 min
- Introduction to limits ~12 min
- Estimating limits numerically and graphically ~10 min
- One-sided limits ~12 min
- Limit laws ~12 min
- Algebraic techniques for limits ~14 min
- The Squeeze Theorem ~10 min
- The limit of sin(x)/x ~10 min
- Infinite limits and vertical asymptotes ~12 min
- Limits at infinity and horizontal asymptotes ~12 min
- Continuity at a point ~10 min
- Types of discontinuity ~12 min
- Continuity on an interval ~10 min
- The Intermediate Value Theorem ~10 min
- The precise (Ξ΅-Ξ΄) definition of a limit ~30 min
- Writing an Ξ΅-Ξ΄ proof ~35 min
- Ξ΅-Ξ΄ proofs beyond straight lines ~40 min
2 The derivative π
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- Average vs. instantaneous rate of change ~12 min
- The definition of the derivative ~14 min
- The derivative as a function ~12 min
- Reading f' from the graph of f ~12 min
- Differentiability and continuity ~12 min
- Constant, power, and constant-multiple rules ~12 min
- Sum and difference rules ~10 min
- The product rule ~14 min
- The quotient rule ~12 min
- Derivatives of trigonometric functions ~12 min
- Higher-order derivatives ~10 min
- Velocity and acceleration ~12 min
- Rates of change in the sciences ~10 min
3 Chain rule and further techniques π
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- The chain rule ~15 min
- Recognizing composite functions before differentiating ~12 min
- Chain rule with power functions ~12 min
- Chain rule with trigonometric functions ~12 min
- Chain rule with exponential and logarithmic functions ~14 min
- Combining the chain rule with the product and quotient rules ~15 min
- Implicit differentiation ~15 min
- Tangent lines to implicit curves ~13 min
- Derivatives of inverse functions ~14 min
- Derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions ~14 min
4 Rates and approximations π
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- Related rates -- the general method ~18 min
- Related rates -- geometric scenes ~18 min
- Related rates -- volume and rate scenes ~18 min
- Linear approximation and differentials ~18 min
- Newton's method ~18 min
5 MVT and the shape of a graph π
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- Absolute extrema and the Extreme Value Theorem ~16 min
- Local extrema and Fermat's theorem ~16 min
- Finding absolute extrema on a closed interval ~16 min
- Rolle's Theorem ~16 min
- The Mean Value Theorem ~18 min
- Consequences of the Mean Value Theorem ~15 min
- Increasing/decreasing functions and the First Derivative Test ~17 min
- Classifying local extrema with the First Derivative Test ~16 min
- Concavity and inflection points ~16 min
- The Second Derivative Test ~16 min
- Curve sketching -- putting it all together ~20 min
- Curve sketching -- worked examples on harder functions ~20 min
- Limits at infinity revisited / end behavior for curve sketching ~16 min
- Indeterminate forms and L'Hopital's Rule ~18 min
- L'Hopital's Rule -- other indeterminate forms ~18 min
- Applying derivatives to graphs -- reading f' and f'' to reconstruct f ~18 min
6 Optimization π
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- Optimization: the general method ~20 min
- Optimization: geometric problems ~20 min
- Optimization: applied problems ~20 min
- Optimization: domain constraints and endpoint candidates ~20 min
7 Antiderivatives and the definite integral π
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- Antiderivatives: the reverse of differentiation ~14 min
- Basic antiderivative rules ~16 min
- Antiderivatives of trigonometric and exponential functions ~15 min
- Initial value problems ~16 min
- Approximating area under a curve -- Riemann sums ~18 min
- Sigma notation and the limit definition of the definite integral ~18 min
- The definite integral: properties ~16 min
- The definite integral and signed area ~17 min
- The Trapezoidal Rule and comparing approximation methods ~17 min
- Applications of Riemann sums ~16 min
8 The Fundamental Theorem π
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- FTC Part 1: the accumulation function ~19 min
- FTC Part 1: the chain rule twist ~17 min
- FTC Part 2: evaluating definite integrals ~18 min
- Indefinite integrals and the Net Change Theorem ~16 min
- The Fundamental Theorem -- worked applications ~18 min
- Why FTC matters: derivatives and integrals as inverse operations ~16 min
9 Substitution and applications π
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- U-substitution: reversing the chain rule ~18 min
- Choosing u: recognizing a substitution ~18 min
- U-substitution with definite integrals ~17 min
- Substitution with trig and exponential integrands ~17 min
- Area between two curves ~17 min
- Volumes by disks and washers ~19 min
- Average value and the Mean Value Theorem for Integrals ~18 min