Mike May Calculus
1. Overview
1. Overview of Calculus Book
2. AP Calculus AB: Average Value of a Function
2. Chapter 1 Preliminary material
1. Chapter 1 overview
2. Exponential Functions
3. Translations and Compressions
4. Sin Curve Fitting
5. Translation Fitting Drill
6. Family of Functions
7. Unit Circle - exact values
8. Polar Grapher
9. Trig Review
3. Chapter 2 Limits
1. Intuitive Definition of Limit
2. Delta-Epsilon Limit demonstration
4. Chapter 3 Derivatives conceptually
1. Numeric Derivative at a Point
2. Numeric Derivative via Secant Lines
3. Zoom to tangent line
4. Secant to Tangent Line
5. Derivative Builder
6. Second Derivative Plot
7. Diferentiability
8. Product and Quotient Rules Derivatives Drill
9. chain rule demonstration
5. Chapter 4 Derivatives symbolically
1. Derivative Plot
2. Simple Derivative Drill Applet
3. Chain Rule Derivatives Drill
4. Chain Rule With One Inner Function
5. Chain Rule with Two Inner Functions
6. parametric derivative
7. Calculus - The Derivative of an Inverse Function
6. Chapter 5 Applications of the derivative
1. Chapter working notes
2. Newton's Method
3. Linearization and Linear Approximation Demonstration
4. Linear (Tangent Line) Approximation
5. Optimize area of side-by-side rectangular plots
6. Optimization - Rowing and Running
7. Section 2.8-Related Rates-Ladder Falling
8. Related Rates - Square
9. Slope Fields
10. Parametric Curves and tangent line
7. Chapter 6 Integrals
1. Simple Sums
2. Riemann Sum from a to b.
3. Comparing Numeric Integration Methods
4. Compare Reimann Sums
5. U-Substitution demonstration
6. Integration Drill Applet
7. Euler's Method
8. Chapter 7 Applications of integration
1. Area Between Curves
2. Solids Of Revolution: Disk Method
3. Volumes: Disk Method
4. Solids Of Revolution Shell Method
5. Visualizing solids with regular cross sections
6. Arc Length Exploration
7. Solids with Known Cross-Sections Project
8. Solids with Different Cross Sections
9. Solids Formed From Certain Cross Sections
9. Chapter 8 Series
1. Taylor Polynomial of f(x) centered at point a
2. Customizable Solids of Revolution (y-axis)
3. Radius of convergence
4. Fourier Series
5. Taylor Polynomials and Convergence
10. Chapter 9 Differential Equations
1. Slope Fields
2. Slope Fields.
3. Euler's Method
4. Slopefields and Euler's Method

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Mike May Calculus

Mike May, Jun 25, 2014

This is a collection of applets for single variable calculus. It should grow as time goes on. Let me know if you can think of demonstrations that should be added.

Overview
1. Overview of Calculus Book
2. AP Calculus AB: Average Value of a Function
Chapter 1 Preliminary material
1. Chapter 1 overview
2. Exponential Functions
3. Translations and Compressions
4. Sin Curve Fitting
5. Translation Fitting Drill
6. Family of Functions
7. Unit Circle - exact values
8. Polar Grapher
9. Trig Review
Chapter 2 Limits
1. Intuitive Definition of Limit
2. Delta-Epsilon Limit demonstration
Chapter 3 Derivatives conceptually
1. Numeric Derivative at a Point
2. Numeric Derivative via Secant Lines
3. Zoom to tangent line
4. Secant to Tangent Line
5. Derivative Builder
6. Second Derivative Plot
7. Diferentiability
8. Product and Quotient Rules Derivatives Drill
9. chain rule demonstration
Chapter 4 Derivatives symbolically
1. Derivative Plot
2. Simple Derivative Drill Applet
3. Chain Rule Derivatives Drill
4. Chain Rule With One Inner Function
5. Chain Rule with Two Inner Functions
6. parametric derivative
7. Calculus - The Derivative of an Inverse Function
Chapter 5 Applications of the derivative
1. Chapter working notes
2. Newton's Method
3. Linearization and Linear Approximation Demonstration
4. Linear (Tangent Line) Approximation
5. Optimize area of side-by-side rectangular plots
6. Optimization - Rowing and Running
7. Section 2.8-Related Rates-Ladder Falling
8. Related Rates - Square
9. Slope Fields
10. Parametric Curves and tangent line
Chapter 6 Integrals
1. Simple Sums
2. Riemann Sum from a to b.
3. Comparing Numeric Integration Methods
4. Compare Reimann Sums
5. U-Substitution demonstration
6. Integration Drill Applet
7. Euler's Method
Chapter 7 Applications of integration
1. Area Between Curves
2. Solids Of Revolution: Disk Method
3. Volumes: Disk Method
4. Solids Of Revolution Shell Method
5. Visualizing solids with regular cross sections
6. Arc Length Exploration
7. Solids with Known Cross-Sections Project
8. Solids with Different Cross Sections
9. Solids Formed From Certain Cross Sections
Chapter 8 Series
1. Taylor Polynomial of f(x) centered at point a
2. Customizable Solids of Revolution (y-axis)
3. Radius of convergence
4. Fourier Series
5. Taylor Polynomials and Convergence
Chapter 9 Differential Equations
1. Slope Fields
2. Slope Fields.
3. Euler's Method
4. Slopefields and Euler's Method

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Overview

Typical front matter and discussion of philosophy of the GeoGebraBook

1. Overview of Calculus Book
2. AP Calculus AB: Average Value of a Function

Overview of Calculus Book

Overview

This GeoGebraBook is intended as a collection of material for single variable calculus. It will be organized following the normal syllabus of a standard course. This is also something of a proof of concept project. It will have a number of additions that can be described as me checking to see if I can do things with features of Geogebra or GeoGebraBooks or to show off constructions others have made that I think of as cool. This page is my first attempt at looking at the new page structure in GeoGebraBooks, allowing richer content on a page. ************************************************************* As mentioned above this is also a proof of concept project. Some of the applets are my own work. Some are modifications of applets created by others. Some are simply the work of others. The applets included span a variety of models for what an applet can do. A number of the applets are visual demonstrations of some concept. The applets I choose tend to give you the option of using your favorite function in the demonstration. I think of this as "classic GeoGebra"

As I modification of the first model, I have moved toward having a number of preset examples ready for selection, typically with a slider bar. This makes it easy to work through the examples that show features of interest.

I have also started playing with applets that are designed as drill tools. This uses the CAS engine. It lets students do unlimited drill and get immediate feedback.

I also have found interesting applets that do a fixed example, but use several sheets for explanation.

In the review material I use an applet that simply reviews trig functions of standard angles.

– Mike May

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Chapter 1 Preliminary material

Those things from before calculus that need to be reviewed in a calculus class.

1. Chapter 1 overview
2. Exponential Functions
3. Translations and Compressions
4. Sin Curve Fitting
5. Translation Fitting Drill
6. Family of Functions
7. Unit Circle - exact values
8. Polar Grapher
9. Trig Review

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Chapter 1 overview

Whenever we teach calculus we find a need to do some review of previous material. This chapter provides applets for review of material where calculus depends on previous material. 1) Family of Functions is designed to look at functions with parameters. We want students to have a good intuitive grasp of the generic graph of classes of functions, 2) Trig review 3) Compression and translation

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Chapter 2 Limits

1. Intuitive Definition of Limit
2. Delta-Epsilon Limit demonstration

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Intuitive Definition of Limit

In this applet, we see a function

graphed in the

-plane. You can move the blue point on the

-axis and you can change

, the "radius" of an interval centered about that point. The point has

-value

, and you can see the values of

and

. You can use the pre-loaded examples chosen with the slider or type in your own functions with option 10. We say

exists if all the values of

are "really close" to some number whenever

is "really close" to

Explore

Start by dragging the blue point on the -axis. What is the relationship between the red segment on the -axis and the green segment(s) on the -axis?
What does the slider do? Notice that does not ever take on the value of zero. You can "fine tune" by clicking on the slider button then using the left and right keyboard arrows.
As shrinks to , does the green area always get smaller? Does it ever get larger? Does the green area always shrink down to a single point?
Try the various examples in the applet to get a good feeling for your answers in the previous problem.
Example 5 shows a function that is not defined at . Even though has no value, we can make a good estimate of . In this case, tells us what "should" be. Use zooming to estimate this limit.
In Examples 6 and 7, the function is undefined at . (The function truly is undefined, even though the applet shows . Check this yourself by plugging in for in the function). What is the value of ?
Example 8 is a function that gets "infinitely wiggly" around . What happens if and you shrink ? Try this: make and . What will happen as you move slowly toward ? Make a guess before you do it.

Project idea Let

be a function and define

. Be careful to distinguish between

and

You may have to read the definition of

several times and think carefully about the situation. (This mixture of variables

and

comes up again later when we discuss integrals.)

What is when is continuous at ?
What is when has a removable discontinuity at ?
What is when has a jump discontinuity at ? Does it depend on whether or not is defined?
What is when has an infinite discontinuity at ?
Give an example where the domain of is bigger than.
Give an example where the domain of is smaller than .
Give an example where and have the same domain.
Is always a continuous function?
Is it possible for and to be defined but not equal?

This is a modification of an applet designed by Marc Renault.

– Mike May

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Chapter 3 Derivatives conceptually

1. Numeric Derivative at a Point
2. Numeric Derivative via Secant Lines
3. Zoom to tangent line
4. Secant to Tangent Line
5. Derivative Builder
6. Second Derivative Plot
7. Diferentiability
8. Product and Quotient Rules Derivatives Drill
9. chain rule demonstration

4.1.

Numeric Derivative at a Point

Finding the derivative at a point turns into a viewing window problem. I want to find a delta-epsilon window so that the curve looks like a line. (I should not be able to tell the difference between the curve and the secant line from (c-delta,f(c-delta)) to (c+delta, f(c+delta)).) I then approximate the derivative by finding rise/run for the line.

For most functions, it is easiest to use the calculator definition of derivative. Set epsilon to 0.001, and set delta to something that keeps the curve in the viewing window. Use this method to find the derivative of the given function at three points. then try with another function. If you look at a badly behaved function, like

at x=0.1, you need a smaller epsilon. This applet is meant as an illustration of the definition of a derivative at a point. It has the advantage of showing that numeric differentiation is quite robust. The default curve is a parabola, where students will be able to find the derivative symbolically.

– Mike May

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Chapter 4 Derivatives symbolically

1. Derivative Plot
2. Simple Derivative Drill Applet
3. Chain Rule Derivatives Drill
4. Chain Rule With One Inner Function
5. Chain Rule with Two Inner Functions
6. parametric derivative
7. Calculus - The Derivative of an Inverse Function

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Derivative Plot

As A moves slope of tangent line is plotted. Move A along x-axis or use Animate button.

Derivative Plot

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Chapter 5 Applications of the derivative

1. Chapter working notes
2. Newton's Method
3. Linearization and Linear Approximation Demonstration
4. Linear (Tangent Line) Approximation
5. Optimize area of side-by-side rectangular plots
6. Optimization - Rowing and Running
7. Section 2.8-Related Rates-Ladder Falling
8. Related Rates - Square
9. Slope Fields
10. Parametric Curves and tangent line

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Chapter working notes

Working notes on appplications

There should be something to cover: 1) Linear approximation 2) Optimization

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Chapter 6 Integrals

1. Simple Sums
2. Riemann Sum from a to b.
3. Comparing Numeric Integration Methods
4. Compare Reimann Sums
5. U-Substitution demonstration
6. Integration Drill Applet
7. Euler's Method

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Simple Sums

A simple applet for approximating the area under a curve by rectangular sums. We approximate the area under y=f(x) over the interval [a,b] with n rectangles. The parameter p indicates where the approximation is made on each rectangle. For left sums, p=0, and for right sums p=1. You can stretch or shrink an axis by choosing the move tool (the 4 arrows) and moving a point of an axis in or out.

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Chapter 7 Applications of integration

1. Area Between Curves
2. Solids Of Revolution: Disk Method
3. Volumes: Disk Method
4. Solids Of Revolution Shell Method
5. Visualizing solids with regular cross sections
6. Arc Length Exploration
7. Solids with Known Cross-Sections Project
8. Solids with Different Cross Sections
9. Solids Formed From Certain Cross Sections

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Area Between Curves

A standard application of integration is to find the area between two curves. The integration unit is the top function minus the bottom function. The basic integral is

It should be noted that if top and bottom, or left and right, are reversed, the area is negative.

It is always good to start with a problem where we can find the answer without using integration.

A rectangle, Top(x)=4, Bottom(x)=1, Left = -2, Right =3
A triangle, Top(x)=x, Bottom(x)=-1, Left = -1, Right =3
A circle, Top(x)=sqrt(4-x^2), Bottom(x)=-sqrt(4-x^2), Left=-2, Right=2

One can then look are areas we cannot compute with simple geometry.

Bottom(x)=x^2, Top(x)=4, Left=-2, Right=2
Bottom(x)=x^2, Top(x)=x+2, Left=-1, Right=2

One should also look at cases where the "top" and "bottom" curves cross.

– Mike May

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Chapter 8 Series

1. Taylor Polynomial of f(x) centered at point a
2. Customizable Solids of Revolution (y-axis)
3. Radius of convergence
4. Fourier Series
5. Taylor Polynomials and Convergence

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Taylor Polynomial of f(x) centered at point a

Enter a function of

. Choose the degree of the polynomial by sliding point

on the slide bar. Choose the center of the polynomial by sliding point

on the slide bar.

– Irina Boyadzhiev

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Chapter 9 Differential Equations

Materials on differential equations

1. Slope Fields
2. Slope Fields.
3. Euler's Method
4. Slopefields and Euler's Method

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Slope Fields

This worksheet gives a demonstration of the use of new features in release 4.0 to find solution curves of a slope field. The user can create named points as the starting point of new solution curves. The point A can be moved around to show the value of the vector field at a point.

The second graphics window is used as a control panel. With each vector field you should see if the solution curves fit into one pattern or if there are several different kinds. You should check to see if there are limit or boundary curves. The default field Dy=x, Dx=-y+.02x spirals out. You should find the variation that makes it spiral in or form circles The field Dx=x, Dy=y diverges out. What happens with a field like Dx=sin(x*y), Dy=cos(x*y) Mike May, S.J. maymk@slu.edu

– Mike May

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Mike May Calculus

Table of Contents

Information

Overview

Overview of Calculus Book

Overview

Chapter 1 Preliminary material

Chapter 1 overview

Chapter 2 Limits

Intuitive Definition of Limit

Chapter 3 Derivatives conceptually

Numeric Derivative at a Point

Chapter 4 Derivatives symbolically

Derivative Plot

Derivative Plot

Chapter 5 Applications of the derivative

Chapter working notes

Working notes on appplications

Chapter 6 Integrals

Simple Sums

Chapter 7 Applications of integration

Area Between Curves