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About the Course

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 first part--part one of five--you will extend your understanding of Taylor series, review limits, learn the *why* behind l'Hopital's rule, and, most importantly, learn a new language for describing growth and decay of functions: the BIG O....

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AS

Jul 13, 2017

The course is intriguing. More practice questions and explanations will be good. And it will be beneficial if it can provide extra background knowledge (or link) for further study.

NL

Feb 9, 2021

Excellent introduction to Calculus, I wanted to review the material to tutor my child but I am very happy that I learned a whole new way of looking at Calculus.Thank you so much Prof. Ghrist.

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By Lintao D

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Jul 13, 2019

Very Nice Course！

By Sheldon D

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Jul 4, 2019

a little bit hard

By Weiqi L

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Sep 12, 2017

Good instruction!

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Aug 27, 2025

Excelente course

By Anil P H

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Aug 29, 2024

Very Nice Course

By Ms. S N

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Apr 18, 2023

Very good course

By Dalmo V d S

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Dec 26, 2019

Best, Very good.

By Taha Y B

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Apr 18, 2018

Excellent course

By Michael G D

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Jan 18, 2018

Brilliant, great

By sousa

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Aug 27, 2025

Excelente curso

By Castle P

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Oct 30, 2023

HARD as my d*ck

By Henrikh K

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Feb 24, 2021

Awesome course!

By Adam R

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Aug 10, 2020

Awesome Course!

By Joubert F

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May 13, 2020

excellent class

By Mauro R

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Feb 2, 2020

A great course.

By Raimundo G

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Jul 12, 2017

A great review!

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Dec 14, 2024

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By Noah B G

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Dec 13, 2021

Amazing course

By Apurba G

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Aug 29, 2021

Great Learning

By Mahiul B

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Jul 29, 2021

Great Course!

By Deleted A

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Mar 29, 2020

Amazing class!

By sekiro

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Feb 19, 2019

Really helpful

By Daniel A M R

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Jan 6, 2019

A great course

By 刘钦生

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Mar 30, 2017

It's so great!

By Hồng Q V

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Sep 5, 2025

Great course!