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APPLIED CALCULUS

 

INTRODUCTION OF FUNCTIONS

Mathematical and physical meaning of functions, graphs of various functions, Hyperbolic functions.

INTRODUCTION TO LIMITS

Theorems of limits and their applications to functions, Some useful limits, right hand and left hand limits, Continuous and discontinuous functions and their applications.

DERIVATIES

Introduction to derivatives, Geometrical and physical meaning of derivatives. Partial derivatives and their geometrical significance. Application problems (rate of change, marginal analysis)

HIGHER DERIVATIES

Leibnitz theorem, Rolles theorem, Mean value theorem. Taylors and Maclaurins series.

EVALUATION OF LIMITS USING L’HOSPITAL’S RULE

Indeterminate forms (0/0), (¥/¥), (o x ¥), (¥ - ¥), 1¥, ¥o, 0o

APPLICATIONS OF DERIVATIES

Asympototes, tangents and normals, curvature and radius of curvature, maxima and minima of a function of single variable (applied problems), differentials with application

APPLICATIONS OF PARTIAL DERIVATIES

Euler’s theorem, total differentials, maxima and minima of two variables

INTEGRAL CALCULUS

Methods of integration by substitutions and by parts. Integration of rational and irrational algebraic functions. Definite integrals, improper integrals. Gamma and Beta functions reduction formulae

APPLICATIONS OF INTEGRAL CALCULUS

Cost function from marginal cost, rocket flights, area under curve

VECTOR ALGEBRA

Introduction to vectors. Scalar and vector product of three and four vectors. Volume of paralleloppiped and tetrahedron.

VECTOR CALCULUS

Vector differentiation, vector integration and their applications. Ñ operator, gradient, divergence and curl with their applications.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

[1] Doniel D.Benice, "Brief Calculus and its Applications"

[2] Raymond A. Barnett, "Applied Calculus"

[3] Gerald L. Bradley, "Calculus"

[4] Dr. S. M. Yusuf, “Calculus and Analytical Geometry”

 

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