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The Underlying Principles of Calculus?
I am required to write a term paper for my Calc. 3 class about what calculus has been about thus far. This isn't some sort of chapter summary sort of situation, he wants us to tell how it's all related based off of a few (or maybe just one) core concepts. I'm going to be honest and say that I'm not really sure how it's all related. I'm thinking that I'll be able to make an argument that linear transformations and linearization is the basic foundation to everything we've learned so far, and that the main focus has been about rates of growth and accumulation, in all of it's forms. Am I far off? Is there any information you can give me, or any brief articles or books you can refer me to? (I'm not planning on copying, I just need a place to start.) This obviously isn't going to go into too much depth, as it's only required to be 5-pages. But if I stumble upon some sort of real understanding, maybe it'll be much longer and more comprehensive.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
(Sorry if this doesn't belong in the homework help section... didn't know where else to put it...)
I am required to write a term paper for my Calc. 3 class about what calculus has been about thus far. This isn't some sort of chapter summary sort of situation, he wants us to tell how it's all related based off of a few (or maybe just one) core concepts. I'm going to be honest and say that I'm not really sure how it's all related. I'm thinking that I'll be able to make an argument that linear transformations and linearization is the basic foundation to everything we've learned so far, and that the main focus has been about rates of growth and accumulation, in all of it's forms. Am I far off? Is there any information you can give me, or any brief articles or books you can refer me to? (I'm not planning on copying, I just need a place to start.) This obviously isn't going to go into too much depth, as it's only required to be 5-pages. But if I stumble upon some sort of real understanding, maybe it'll be much longer and more comprehensive.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
(Sorry if this doesn't belong in the homework help section... didn't know where else to put it...)