Serves as a first course in calculus. Functions, limits, continuity, derivatives, rules for differentiation of algebraic and transcendental function; chain rule, implicit differentiation, related rate ...

This can solve differential equations and evaluate definite integrals. Applying differential calculus Optimization is used to find the greatest/least value(s) a function can take. This can involve ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Calculus is a powerful mathematical tool. But for hundreds of years after its invention in the 17th century, it stood on a shaky ...