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About the Course

Calculus is one of the grandest achievements of human thought, explaining everything from planetary orbits to the optimal size of a city to the periodicity of a heartbeat. This brisk course covers the core ideas of single-variable Calculus with emphases on conceptual understanding and applications. The course is ideal for students beginning in the engineering, physical, and social sciences. Distinguishing features of the course include: 1) the introduction and use of Taylor series and approximations from the beginning; 2) a novel synthesis of discrete and continuous forms of Calculus; 3) an emphasis on the conceptual over the computational; and 4) a clear, dynamic, unified approach. In this second part--part two of five--we cover derivatives, differentiation rules, linearization, higher derivatives, optimization, differentials, and differentiation operators....

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JB

Feb 17, 2018

So much fun, and hits all sorts of things I'd always wanted to know. The homework took me a long time, so I didn't get to watch all the bonus lectures, but the ones I did were really interesting.

WG

Feb 16, 2017

Not a class for someone with no calculus experience. However, if you have some calculus knowledge it will deepen your knowledge more than any other MOOC I have found. Truly a great course.

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By Himanshu B

Oct 7, 2018

Excellent Course. Teaches you practical applications of differentiation.

By Ng T E

Nov 15, 2020

Very hard questions to stretch your understanding of Differentiation

By Lubna S

Oct 10, 2020

it was very informative course, i gained good knowledge through it

By Xiaoming J

Jul 9, 2017

The mentors are very helpful. I also like the exercises very much

By Sachin M V

Nov 15, 2016

Yes I learnt different approach of derivative ...Taylors series..

By 宗彬

Jun 14, 2018

the core and more clear konwledgement about the differentiation;

By George P

Nov 20, 2017

Great course, everything is explained in a very futuristic way!

By Keng-Hui W

Jul 10, 2016

I still learned a lot even I passed this course with A+ before.

By Anil P H

May 9, 2020

Very nice course. Excellent examples and way of explanation!!

By ankit c

Apr 5, 2020

This Chapter has made me differentiate the complex functions.

By normanicus

May 11, 2016

A really great course, so clearly elucidated by Prof. Grist.

By Mike R

Nov 25, 2019

Really liked this course - it is challenging like part 1

By Ibraheem B

Nov 30, 2020

One of the most challenging course I have ever taken.

By sameen n

Oct 2, 2019

Thnk you for clearing the concepts of differentiation

By Deleted A

Feb 25, 2016

Good to understanding and practice Taylor expansion.

By Deleted A

Nov 14, 2016

This course tells me how to diferentiate, fantastic

By arash s

Oct 16, 2020

very good perspective to this part of mathematics

By Bhanu P S B

Apr 21, 2018

Best Course Series for Calculus in One variable.

By Eskinder T

Sep 26, 2020

Very challenging but worth the effort and time.

By Mubashir-Ul-Hassan

Oct 7, 2019

That course is much harder than function part 1

By Daniel A M R

Jan 7, 2019

A very good course, some themes were new for me

By Kristen J

Oct 5, 2018

Absolutely terrific course - really invaluable.

By Deleted A

Oct 6, 2016

Good, but I don't have much time to learn this

By Yiwen W

Dec 26, 2019

It's very helpful to enhance my math ability.

By Choon H

Jul 6, 2018

Lessons were easily understood and organised