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_2doi
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100 1 _aFriedman, Menahem.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCalculus Light
_h[electronic resource] /
_cby Menahem Friedman, Abraham Kandel.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg,
_c2011.
300 _aXII, 300p. 44 illus.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
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490 1 _aIntelligent Systems Reference Library,
_x1868-4394 ;
_v9
520 _aAnother Calculus book? As long as students find calculus scary, the failure rate in mathematics is higher than in all other subjects, and as long as most people mistakenly believe that only geniuses can learn and understand mathematics, there will always be room for a new book of Calculus. We call it Calculus Light. This book is designed for a one semester course in "light" calculus – mostly single variable, meant to be used by undergraduate students without a wide mathematical background and who do not major in mathematics but study subjects such as engineering, biology or management information systems. The first chapter contains a historical background of calculus. Every scientific achievement involves people and therefore characterized by victories and disappointments, intrigues and hope. All of these elements exist in the story behind calculus and when you add the time dimension, starting 2400 years ago, it is a saga. We hope the reader enjoys reading this chapter as much as we enjoyed the writing. In addition to classic calculus the book provides tools for practical applications such as Fourier series, Lagrange multipliers and elementary numerical methods.
650 0 _aEngineering.
650 0 _aMathematics.
650 0 _aEngineering mathematics.
650 1 4 _aEngineering.
650 2 4 _aComputational Intelligence.
650 2 4 _aInformation and Communication, Circuits.
650 2 4 _aAppl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.
700 1 _aKandel, Abraham.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783642178474
830 0 _aIntelligent Systems Reference Library,
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17848-1
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