Learning Calculus

Interactive calculus lecture notes with video and Desmos graphs.

Lessons

Date Topic
Aug 19 Polynomial Graphing, Critical Points & Quotient Rule
Aug 21 Derivative Analysis & Quotient Rule
Aug 25 Product Rule, Chain Rule & Inverse Functions
Aug 28 Inverse Functions & Chain Rule
Sep 01 Optimization & Distance to Curves
Sep 05 Optimization on Ellipses & 3D Surfaces
Sep 11 The Number e & Binomial Expansion
Sep 15 Exponential Functions, Logarithms & Their Derivatives
Sep 18 Taylor/Maclaurin Series & Power Series of ln(1+x)
Sep 22 Derivatives of Trig Functions & sin(x)/x Limit
Sep 25 Derivatives of tan & sec — Graphical and Algebraic
Sep 29 Euler’s Formula & Functional Equations
Oct 02 Derivative Techniques Review: Chain Rule, Logarithmic Differentiation & Inverse Function Derivatives
Oct 06 Limits Involving the Definition of e, Power Expansions & Higher Derivatives of Inverse Functions
Oct 09 Power Series from Known Expansions, Geometric Series & Partial Fractions
Oct 13 Related Rates: Connecting Changing Quantities with Derivatives
Oct 13 Related Rates: Distance, Shadows & Velocity Decomposition
Oct 16 Related Rates via the Physics (Vector Projection) Method
Oct 20 Related Rates — Spheres, Cones & Propagated Error
Oct 23 Propagated Error & Combining Measurements
Oct 23 Propagated Error & Logarithmic Differentiation for Percent Error
Oct 27 Motion in 2D: Velocity, Speed, Trajectories & Acceleration
Oct 30 Parametric Motion, Speed vs. Velocity & Proving the Circumference
Nov 03 From Trajectories to Integrals — Antiderivatives & the Area of a Circle
Nov 06 Antiderivative of the Semicircle: Geometry Meets Calculus