EPISODE · Jul 3, 2021 · 34 MIN
What is Calculus? - Basics, Functions, and Limits
from Learning by William · host William Gottemoller
Note: in the episode, William said that e to the power of anything, excluding zero, equals zero. This is obviously not correct, for e^1 ≈ 2.718 Shareable link to the document (has all of the mathematical examples that will be discussed in both this episode and the following episode): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VfEVBscCPTfoyTDyv4ZRFJYL9Luzyd1UHvjxzz-uwpg/edit?usp=sharing References: Calculus - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus History of Calculus - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_calculus Isaac Newton - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton Infinitesimal - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinitesimal Function - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_(mathematics) History of the Function - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_function_concept Limit - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limit_(mathematics) One-Sided Limit - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-sided_limit l'Hôpital’s Rule - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27H%C3%B4pital%27s_rule
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Note: in the episode, William said that e to the power of anything, excluding zero, equals zero. This is obviously not correct, for e^1 ≈ 2.718 Shareable link to the document (has all of the mathematical examples that will be discussed in both this episode and the following episode): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VfEVBscCPTfoyTDyv4ZRFJYL9Luzyd1UHvjxzz-uwpg/edit?usp=sharing References: Calculus - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus History of Calculus - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_calculus Isaac Newton - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton Infinitesimal - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinitesimal Function - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_(mathematics) History of the Function - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_function_concept Limit - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limit_(mathematics) One-Sided Limit - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-sided_limit l'Hôpital’s Rule - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27H%C3%B4pital%27s_rule
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