Category Archives: Calculus

Definite integrals

Publicerat den april 2, 2012 av mattelararen

In a geometrical context the integral can be interpreted as the area between the graph of the integrand f(x) and the x-axis. The idea is to summarize infinitely many infinitely thin rectangles. (An alternative approach to areacomputation is the Lebesgue-integration where you … Fortsätt läsa →

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Indefinite integrals

Publicerat den mars 28, 2012 av mattelararen

If you need to calculate the distance travelled when you know the velocity as a function of time , since s'(t) = v(t) you need to be able to perform antiderivation i.e. finding a function whose derivative equals your function. … Fortsätt läsa →

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Differentiating the natural logarithm, products and quotients

Publicerat den mars 26, 2012 av mattelararen

In order to be able to deduce the derivative of the natural logarithm we resort to using implicit differentiation. Let x= ey(x) Differentiating both sides gives dx/dx = d ey(x)/dx 1=ey(x) dy(x)/dx Solving for dy(x)/dx one obtains dy(x)/dx = 1/ey(x) … Fortsätt läsa →

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Differentiation of the trigonometric functions

Publicerat den mars 9, 2012 av mattelararen

To be able to differentiate the trigonometric functions one needs some standard limits: With the aid of these and the definition of the derivative it is possible to show that f(x)= sin (x) implies  f ‘(x) = cos(x) and f(x) … Fortsätt läsa →

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