Calculus: Single Variable Part 4 - Applications
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Calculus: Single Variable Part 4 - Applications
University of Pennsylvania
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Calculus is one of the grandest achievements of human thought, explaining everything from planetary orbits to the optimal size of a city to the periodicity of a heartbeat. This brisk course covers the core ideas of single-variable Calculus with emphases on conceptual understanding and applications. The course is ideal for students beginning in the engineering, physical, and social sciences. Distinguishing features of the course include: 1) the introduction and use of Taylor series and approximations from the beginning; 2) a novel synthesis of discrete and continuous forms of Calculus; 3) an emphasis on the conceptual over the computational; and 4) a clear, dynamic, unified approach.
In this fourth part--part four of five--we cover computing areas and volumes, other geometric applications, physical applications, and averages and mass. We also introduce probability.
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Week
1Computing Areas and Volumes
Having seen some calculus before, you may recall some of the motivations for integrals arising from area computations. We will review those classical applications, while introducing the core idea of this module -- a differential element. By computing area and volume elements, we will see how to tackle tough geometry problems in a principled manner.
6 videos (Total: 78 min), 2 readings, 8 quizzes
2 lecturas
How to Get Started in this Course10m
How Grading Works10m
8 ejercicios de práctica
Core Homework: Simple Areas10m
Challenge Homework: Simple Areas4m
Core Homework: Complex Areas10m
Challenge Homework: Complex Areas6m
Core Homework: Simple Volumes10m
Challenge Homework: Simple Volumes6m
Core Homework: Complex Volumes12m
Challenge Homework: Complex Volumes2m
Week
2Other Geometric Applications
There's more to geometry than just area and volume! In this module, we will take things "to the next level", ascending to higher dimensions. Coming back to the 3-d world, we will return to problems of length and area, but this time in the context of curves and surfaces. As always, the emphasis will be on how to construct the appropriate differential element for integrating.
4 videos (Total: 66 min), 6 quizzes
6 ejercicios de práctica
Core Homework: Volume and Dimension6m
Challenge Homework: Volume and Dimension8m
Core Homework: Arclength10m
Challenge Homework: Arclength4m
Core Homework: Surface Area8m
Challenge Homework: Surface Area4m
Week
3Physical Applications
There is so much more to applications of integrals than geometry! So many subjects, from physics to finance, have, at heart, the need for setting up and computing definite integrals. In this short but intense module, we will cover applications including work, force, torque, mass, and present & future value.
3 videos (Total: 36 min), 4 quizzes
4 ejercicios de práctica
Core Homework: Work8m
Challenge Homework: Work4m
Core Homework: Elements10m
Challenge Homework: Elements2m
Week
4Averages and Mass
There is a statistical aspect to integrals that has not yet been brought up in this course: integrals are ideal for computing averages. Motivated by physical problems of mass, centroid, and moments of inertia, we will cover applications of integrals to averages.
5 videos (Total: 65 min), 6 quizzes
6 ejercicios de práctica
Core Homework: Averages10m
Challenge Homework: Averages4m
Core Homework: Centroids10m
Challenge Homework: Centroids4m
Core Homework: Moments and Gyrations8m
Challenge Homework: Moments and Gyrations6m
Instructor
Robert Ghrist
ProfessorMathematics and Electrical & Systems Engineering
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The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn) is a private university, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. A member of the Ivy League, Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and considers itself to be the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies.
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