The Joy of Approximating with Calculus [digital video]

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Series:

Great courses (Streaming video)

Publication Date:

2007

2017

Publication Information:

The Great Courses, 2007.

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Abstract:

Exploiting the idea of the derivative, we can approximate just about any function using simple polynomials. This lecture also shows why a formula sometimes known as "God's equation" (involvinge,i, p, 1, and 0) is true, and how to calculate square roots in your head.

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Title from title frames.

In Process Record.

Film

Technical Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subject Term:

Mathematics.

Genre:

Educational films.

Language:

English