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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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YG

Jul 2, 2018

Very well structured for a refresher course. Thank you Professor Ghrist for your effort in putting this course together. A little additional outside research was required but well worth the effort.

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 邹文平

May 27, 2020

Thank you so much. Your courses are interesting and really get me engaged in Calculus which I have found difficult so far.

By Georgii F

May 20, 2017

Great course, thank you! Easy explanations for complecated math theorems is exactly what I wanted to see in online course.

By Noe G S G

Apr 26, 2016

Mr. Robert Ghrist is an excellent teacher. It's a dificult course.,You wil need to practice very much. But you can do it.

By Tsun F C

Jun 22, 2021

Very inspiring and challenging course. Definitely suitable for those who want to gain a deeper insight into precalculus.

By Khin M M M

Jan 8, 2021

Dear Teachers,

I would like to tell you about my thanks because of it was very beneficial course for me.

Best wishes!!!

By Gallo B

Mar 14, 2021

Great course on Functions. But, as the Proffesor said, it is challenging and require some knowledge of A-level calculus

By Irina Š

May 5, 2020

Great course! Thank you Professor Ghrist for being a great teacher and giving us the right intuition for every lesson.

By Zeda L

Jun 13, 2017

Excellent!Professor makes it so easy for me to understand and learn the difficult part of this course. Thanks a lot!

By K. L S

May 24, 2020

Challenging and entertaining as well.

Personally, I must learn to utilize the forums as I continue in these courses.

By Yuji N

Oct 28, 2016

I liked these fancy lecture videos in this course! It's really fun to learn and yet I can learn an advanced stuffs.

By oximas 2

Jan 28, 2020

this is a great course, it talks about a lot of important points in calculus and I really got a lot of value of it

By Ujjwal K

Jan 3, 2018

I sincerely thank the professors and the coursera.org team for bringing out to the public this excellent course.

By Zheng J Y

Jan 29, 2019

It's a very nice course. I strongly recommend it no matter who your are, as long as you what to learn calculus.

By Yalçın C K

May 29, 2018

This approach of defining taylor series and using them to study limits , function etc is realy a great idea:)

By Samuel K

Sep 20, 2020

Excellent course. You MUST have some previous calculus exposure to take this class. It is quite difficult.

By Brandon Y

Jul 5, 2020

This course helped me to rationalize calculus concepts in ways not taught by my high school calculus course.

By Xiaoming J

May 22, 2017

Very good organized and I especially like the exercises in this course which is both challenging and doable.

By Tom W

Jul 8, 2018

very interesting and fun course! it's not an easy course. but it worths the challenge. highly recommended!!

By Hyosik M

Jun 13, 2020

Awesome lecture!. If I could get the explanation about challenging problems, it could be the best lecture.

By SUBRAMANIAN R S

Oct 6, 2019

COURSE IS VERY GOOD

I LIKED THE WAY OF TEACHING AND THE PROBLEMS IN THE HOMEWORK AND QUIZ SECTION

THANK YOU

By Benjamin N

Dec 2, 2019

Passionate, heart-felt teaching combined with challenging homework make this a course worth investing in.

By Xiyang S

Mar 19, 2019

Great course series to learn, thanks for the work of the staff! Hope to study Multi Variable series soon.

By Keqin H

Jun 13, 2018

Extremely concise lectures. Good aiding graphics. The HWs are challenging yet doable. Highly recommended.

By Karin A Q

Apr 12, 2022

The videos were amazing and the text book was a good resource. The professor explains the problems well.

By Максим С С

Mar 31, 2020

Very good video lecture. Very good speech for not native english students. But little difficult for me.