Elements of Differential and Integral Calculus (1911)

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Título:
Elements of Differential and Integral Calculus (1911)

Autor:
William Anthony Granville

Categoria:
Matemática & Lógica > Cálculo e Análise

Pessoa doadora:
Raffaello D. N.

Sinopse:
A student approaching calculus for the first time needs a path from formulas to meaning, and this book lays that path out with unusual clarity. Its table of contents opens with a practical collection of formulas, then moves through variables, functions, and the theory of limits before reaching differentiation and the core rules of the differential calculus. The structure is methodical and cumulative, which fits the book’s single-author textbook character. Before the main calculus chapters, it includes tools such as logarithms, trigonometric values, and Greek notation, then builds through continuity, special limiting forms, differentiation of algebraic and transcendental functions, and applications like maxima, minima, and curves. The contents suggest a work written to teach the subject step by step rather than merely summarize it. For readers, the value is in that disciplined progression: a classic textbook that connects preliminary formulas to the machinery of limits and derivatives without skipping the scaffolding. It offers a historically grounded presentation of elementary calculus, with enough breadth to serve as both a study text and a reference for the standard methods of the subject.