Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus<br><br>In the last six years I have given annually a course of about twenty lectures on the Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus to classes consisting chiefly of students of Chemistry and Engineering. The work of preparing and delivering such lectures, and of revising them from year to year, teaches the lecturer many things in regard to the nature of the difficulties which are encountered by students. He is led to depart frequently from the traditional order of the subject matter, and to devise numerous simplifications in the proofs of propositions. It soon appeared that the amount of mathematical knowledge which need be possessed by a student before attempting the Calculus is very much less than has been supposed. For example, the Binomial Theorem in Algebra and the Addition Equation in Trigonometry are quite unnecessary. This book is written with the view of making the subject more easily and generally accessible than it has been hitherto. The principles of the Differential and Integral Calculus ought to be counted as a part of the intellectual heritage of every educated man or woman in the twentieth century, no less than the Copernican system or the Darwinian theory.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.