Perspectives on a Complete Graph
Month: February 2017
Integration by Substitution
Current UK exam textbooks pass over proofs and mathematical discussions in a hurry to show the ‘how to’ of exam questions. Integration by substitution is a little more than just backwards chain-rule and deserves a fuller treatment. Try this, Let, then, Suppose that there exists a function g, of another variable , such that and …
Differentiation From First Principles
The gradient of a smooth curve, , at a point is the gradient of the tangent to the curve at the point . Point is on the curve and is a neighbouring point whose value is displaced a small quantity, . The idea behind differentiation is that as becomes very small, the gradient of tends …
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Integration is introduced as the reversal of differentiation i.e. in solving a differential equation, . The link between integration and area is often passed over and is the subject of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. [The following discussion can be adapted for a decreasing function or, piece-wise, a function which successively increases or decreases.] Consider …