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By Hiroyuki Kojima, Shin Togami, and Becom Co., Ltd.
In The Manga Guide to Calculus, Noriko discovers that hard-hitting journalism requires a lot more mathematical know-how than she has. Luckily, her boss teaches her everything she needs to know about calculus, like integration, differentiation, Taylor expansions, and more.
Noriko is just getting started as a junior reporter for the Asagake Times. She wants to cover the hard-hitting issues, like world affairs and politics, but does she have the smarts for it? Thankfully, her overbearing and math-minded boss, Mr. Seki, is here to teach her how to analyze her stories with a mathematical eye.
In The Manga Guide to Calculus, you’ll follow along with Noriko as she learns that calculus is more than just a class designed to weed out would-be science majors. You’ll see that calculus is a useful way to understand the patterns in physics, economics, and the world around us, with help from real-world examples like probability, supply and demand curves, the economics of pollution, and the density of Shochu (a Japanese liquor).
Mr. Seki teaches Noriko how to:
Whether you’re struggling through a calculus course for the first time or you just need a painless refresher, you’ll find what you’re looking for in The Manga Guide to Calculus.
This EduManga book is a translation from a bestselling series in Japan, co-published with Ohmsha, Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan.
August 2009, 256 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-194-7
Prologue: What is a Function?
Chapter 1: Let’s Differentiate a Function!
Chapter 2: Let’s Learn Differentiation Techniques!
Chapter 3: Let’s Integrate a Function!
Chapter 4: Let’s Learn Integration Techniques!
Chapter 5: Let’s Learn About Taylor Expansions!
Chapter 6: Let’s Learn About Partial Differentiation!
Index
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Exercise 2 should read. “The derivative of f(x) at x = a is…” The first alpha in the equation below it should also be an “a”.
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In Futoshi’s speech bubble in the upper right panel, the equation should read:
E(r) = -r3 + 3r2
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Formula 2-7 should read:
h'(x) = g'(f(x))f'(x)
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In the top panel, Step 6, q'(x) should be equal to 2/(x+1)2.
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The general rule of finding the antiderivative F(x) of f(x) = xn is:
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When we substitute f(h) for f(0)(h+1), those equations are approximately equal (˜).
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The second equation indented on the page should read:
f(g(1)) = 1 = a0
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The exponent for the equation in the top panel should be (n-x) not (n-1).
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Throughout this exercise, our function hn is now with respect to the variable z or hn(z).
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The second term of the equation at (5) should not include t.
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When we imitate the concentration of sugar syrup given y grams of sugar in x grams of water:
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