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Welcome To Principles of Calculus Modeling - An Interactive Approach

This document provides a summary of the contents and structure of the textbook "Principles of Calculus Modeling: An Interactive Approach". It outlines the 5 chapters which cover modeling discrete data, rates of change, differential equations, accumulations through integration, and a culminating case study analyzing Galileo's rolling ball experiment. Each chapter section includes applets, exercises, and videos to illustrate the concepts electronically. The document encourages users to access the detailed contents through the table of contents to see how the entire book is organized.

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Welcome To Principles of Calculus Modeling - An Interactive Approach

This document provides a summary of the contents and structure of the textbook "Principles of Calculus Modeling: An Interactive Approach". It outlines the 5 chapters which cover modeling discrete data, rates of change, differential equations, accumulations through integration, and a culminating case study analyzing Galileo's rolling ball experiment. Each chapter section includes applets, exercises, and videos to illustrate the concepts electronically. The document encourages users to access the detailed contents through the table of contents to see how the entire book is organized.

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Principles of Calculus Modeling

An Interactive Approach
by Donald Kreider, Dwight Lahr, and Susan Diesel

Department of Mathematics, Dartmouth College


Department of Mathematics, Norwich University

Software requirements: For best results viewing and interacting with these pages, get the free software listed here.

Table of Contents
This link takes you to the Table of Contents of the book.
From there you can access the
Web pages that correspond to each section. These pages contain the electronic
components of the book, without many of which the book is incomplete. There are
applets to illustrate the material and to provide essential tools. There are examples,
quizzes, and links to the exercises. The exercises are put up in WeBWorK, which is a
computer environment for displaying a problem and giving immediate feedback on its
correctness. Also on a section page is a link to videos showing calculus problems being
worked out.

The links of the chapters below take you to these same section pages. The advantage of
accessing them through the Table of Contents is that you can see how the entire book fits
together. The links below let you focus on one chapter at a time.

1 Modeling Discrete Data


of the 2 Modeling Rates of Change

The first chapter deals with many


The study of calculus truly begins
with
Elementary Functions. We study
rates of change. After discussing the
polynomials, trigonometric functions,
concepts of function and limit, and the
logarithms, and exponentials (postponing
related notion of continuity, we introduce
the inverse trig functions until Chapter 4).
the definition of the derivative of a
These functions have been very useful in
function. Then we develop properties of
modeling real-world phenomena. Probably
the derivative, including some
for this reason, we will rely upon them so
calculational rules and consequences of
heavily as we develop and test the ideas of
the definition. Following a discussion of
calculus starting in the next chapter. Thus,
some applications of the derivative, we
we give a thorough description of their
conclude with a longer real-world
properties here. The chapter concludes with
modeling problem involving water
a real-world modeling issue involving the
flowing out of a cylindrical tank.
AIDS virus.

4 Modeling Accumulations

3 Modeling with Differential So far we have discussed the derivative as


Equations
the first big idea of calculus. The second,

Chapter 3 is devoted to first-order and accompanying, grand notion of


differential equations. We discuss slope calculus is that of integration. We will see
fields, and the related technique of Euler's that integration involves summations, or
Method. We study exponential growth and accumulations, that are part of a process
decay, and more generally, separable of passing to the limit. After developing
differential equations. We also consider properties of integrals, we study the
how to obtain a sketch of a function f from Fundamental Theorem of Calculus that
knowledge of its first and second relates derivatives and integrals, thereby
derivative. Finally, we conclude with a connecting the two parts of calculus. We
real-world case study involving population conclude the chapter with a case study
modeling. that looks at the real-world problem of
flooding.
5 Culminating Experience

This chapter develops a case study involving the discrete data points recorded by Galileo
in one of his rolling ball experiments. Without the aid of calculus, which had not been
invented yet, Galileo was able to find a function that modeled the data. Our task is to use
the modern ideas of calculus which we have been studying to see if we can make sense
of Galileo's original data, and to see if we can draw any conclusions about the
acceleration due to gravity.

Electronic components of the book


1. Applets
2. Exercises
3. Videos

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