Learn Calculus With These Four Online Courses

July 16, 2019Chinoiseries2014 Education, Elementary Math, Modern Math 1 Comment

https://lifehacker.com/learn-calculus-with-these-four-online-courses-1836377912/amp

Four Online Free Calculus Courses:
1. http://www-math.mit.edu/~djk/calculus_beginners/

2. “Calculus Made Easy” (1910 )

http://calculusmadeeasy.org/

3. “Essence of Calculus” (12 short videos, with Chinese subtitle)

4. [Best👍] “Calculus” (MIT Prof Gilbert Strang)

https://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-18-001-calculus-online-textbook-spring-2005/textbook/

Walter Bradley Center Fellow Discovers Longstanding Flaw in Elementary Calculus

April 11, 2019Chinoiseries2014 Elementary Math Leave a comment

https://mindmatters.ai/2019/04/walter-bradley-center-fellow-discovers-longstanding-flaw-in-elementary-calculus/

… The paper on the proof of the second derivative (Quotient rule) :

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mv6npb3tpe76xjl/4.pdf?dl=0

Reference:

Faà di Bruno Fomula

$\boxed{ (f\circ H)^{(n)} =\displaystyle\sum_{\sum_{j=1}^n j\,m_j=n} \frac{n!}{m_!\ldots m_n!}\, \bigl(f^{(m_1+\ldots+m_n)})\circ H\bigr)\, \prod_{j=1}^n \left(\frac{H^{(j)}}{j!}\right)^{m_j} }$

The universe’s secrets are at your fingertips – just learn calculus | Cornell Chronicle

March 30, 2019Chinoiseries2014 Modern Math Leave a comment

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/03/universes-secrets-are-your-fingertips-just-learn-calculus

https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-language-of-calculus/

Hacker Calculus

February 16, 2019Chinoiseries2014 Education, Elementary Math, Math Games, Modern Math Leave a comment

Understanding Math Rather Than Merely Learning It

The Error Function & The Integral of e^(-x^2)

January 15, 2019Chinoiseries2014 Elementary Math, Statistics 1 Comment

$\boxed{ \displaystyle erf(x) = \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{0}^{x} {e^{-{t}^2}dt}}$

The Bell Curve:

$\boxed{\displaystyle y = e^{-x^2}}$

Improper Integral vs. Infinite Series

November 26, 2018Chinoiseries2014 Elementary Math 1 Comment

$\displaystyle \int_{2}^{\infty}{\frac{1}{x^{2} - 1}dx} =\boxed{ \ln {3}} = 1.09$

$\displaystyle \sum_{n=2}^{\infty}{\frac{1}{n^{2} - 1}} = \boxed{\frac{3 } {2 }} = 1.5$

To test if the infinite series $\displaystyle \sum_{n=2}^{\infty}{\frac{1}{n^{2} - 1}}$ converges,
provided the function $\displaystyle f(n) = {\frac{1}{n^{2} - 1}}$
in the interval [2, ∞[ is:

positive &
decreasing function

you can convert it to $\displaystyle \int_{2}^{\infty}{\frac{1}{x^{2} - 1}dx}$
(although they converge to different values.)

Integration by parts, DI method

October 11, 2018Chinoiseries2014 Elementary Math 1 Comment

(Traditional Method learnt at O-Level) Integration by Parts:

NEW Technique taught by this UC-Berkley Chinese Mathematician: “DI” Method

First Stop: “D column at 0 “

2nd Stop:

3rd Stop:

$\displaystyle \int {e^{x}}\sin {x} dx$

WiFi Password = Integral Answer

September 10, 2018tomcircle Elementary Math, Uncategorized 2 Comments

China 南京航空航天大学 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics set the WiFi password as the answer of this integral (first 6 digits).

Can you solve it?

(If can’t, please revise GCE “A-level” / Baccalaureate / 高考 Calculus 微积分)

Answer : Break the integral (I) into 2 parts:

I = A(x) + B(x)

$\displaystyle A(x) = \int_{-2 }^ {2} x^{3}. \cos \frac{x}{2}.\sqrt{4-x^2}dx$

$\displaystyle B(x) = \int_{-2 }^ {2} \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{4-x^2}dx$

A(x) = – A(-x) => Odd function
=> A(x) = 0 since its area canceled out over [-2, 2]

B(x) = B(-x) => Even function
$\displaystyle\implies B(x) = 2\int_{0 }^ {2} \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{4 - x^2}dx$
$\displaystyle\implies B(x) = \int_{0 }^ {2} \sqrt{4 - x^2}dx$

Let x = 2 sin t => dx = 2 cos t. dt

x = 2 = 2 sin t => sin t = 1 => t = π / 2

x = 0 = 2 sin t => sin t = 0 => t = 0

$\displaystyle B(x) = \int_{0 }^ {\pi/2} \sqrt{4 - 4.\sin^{2} {t} }. (2 \cos t. dt)$

$\displaystyle \implies B(x) = \int_{0 }^ {\pi/2} 2.\cos t. (2 \cos t. dt)$

$\displaystyle\implies B(x) = \int_{0 }^ {\pi/2} 4 \cos^{2} t. dt$

$\displaystyle \cos ^{2} t = \frac {1 + \cos 2t} {2 }$

$\displaystyle\implies B(x) = \int_{0 }^ {\pi/2} (2 + 2\cos 2t) . dt$

$\displaystyle\implies B(x) = (2 t) \Bigr|_{0 }^ {\pi/2} + (2. \frac{1}{2} \sin 2t) \Bigr|_{0 }^ {\pi/2}$

$\displaystyle\implies B(x) = (\pi ) + \sin \pi = \pi$

$\boxed{ I = \pi = 3.14159}$

A smarter method using Analytic Geometry: A circle of radius 2 is

$x^2 + y^2 = 4 \implies y = \sqrt {4 -x^2}$

What is math?

June 19, 2017ChefCouscous Education, Elementary Math, Math Story, Modern Math 1 Comment

What is Math ? Interesting article below:

https://infinityplusonemath.wordpress.com/2017/06/17/what-is-math/

Mathematics = “that which is learned“ –(Pythagoras)

Math is not about calculation, it is understanding the nature, the universe, the philosophy (logic, intelligence – both “human” and “artificial”)…

What is Axiom, Lemma, Proposition ? Why rigorous Calculus was needed hundred years after Newton & Leibniz had invented it – “Epsilon-Delta” Analysis.

Difference between Riemann Integral & Lebesgue Integral ?

Calculus = 微积分

April 8, 2013tomcircle Chinese Leave a comment

Calculus = 微积分
出自: 荀况《荀子.大略》300 BCE [same time as Euclid]
“尽小者大, 积微者著”
=> 見微知著

Calculus Fundamental Technique

April 1, 2013tomcircle Elementary Math, Modern Math Leave a comment

$D first, then \int$

This is just a simple but powerful application of Calculus, behind which lies the philosophy of Leibniz:

1. D (=dy/dx) is the inverse function of $\int$
2. Calculus Fundamental Technique: $D first, then \int$
E.g. Sherlock Holmes example:
1. D first:
dT/dt = k(T-Ts)
=> can’t solve directly
2. Take D’s inverse:
$\int {dT/(T-Ts)} = k.dt$
=> can solve now !

Solution: Sherlock Holmes

April 1, 2013tomcircle Elementary Math, Modern Math Leave a comment

Apply Newton’s Law of Cooling:
$dT/dt = k(T-T_s)$
$T_s =21$ (Room Temperature)
$dT/(T-T_s)= k.dt$
$\int \frac {dT}{T-T_s}=\int k.\mathrm{d}t$
$ln (T-T_s)=kt+C$
$e^{kt+C}= T-T_s$
$T= Ae^{kt} +T_s$
$A=e^{C}$
$T=Ae^{kt}+21$