Calculus 1 Fundamentals: Limits & Derivatives

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Free Online Course: Calculus 1 Fundamentals: Limits & Derivatives provided by Skillshare is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Calculus 1 Fundamentals: Limits & Derivatives is taught by Tanmay Varshney.

Overview
  • Master the building blocks of Calculus:  Limits & Derivatives

    Section 1 - LIMITS

    • Concept of LimitsFor making you familiar with the notion of the Limit.
    • Existence of LimitsIntroduction to the Left-Hand Limit and the Right-Hand Limit.
    • Algebra of LimitsAddition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division in Limits.
    • L’Hospital Rule: A handy tool to circumvent the common indeterminate forms when computing limits.
    • The Sandwich TheoremTo evaluate limits of functions that can't be computed at a given point.
    • Limits of Trigonometric FunctionsTo cover the important limit identities of trigonometric functions.
    • Limits at Infinity: To evaluate limits at points tending to positive and negative infinity.

    Section 2 - DERIVATIVES

    • Concept of Derivatives: Meaning of the term "Derivative" in Mathematics.
    • First Principle of Derivatives: The conventional way of computing derivatives.
    • Algebra of Derivatives: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division in Derivatives.
    • Derivatives of common functions: To set you free to calculate the derivative of combination of any functions.
    • The Chain Rule: To calculate the derivatives of composite functions no matter how complex they are.

Syllabus
    • Calculus Fundamentals : Overview
    • Introduction to Limits
    • Concept of Limits
    • Existence of Limits
    • Examples
    • Algebra of Limits
    • The L'Hospital Rule
    • The Sandwich Theorem
    • Limits of trigonometric functions
    • Limits at Infinity
    • Miscellaneous Examples-Limits
    • Introduction to Derivatives
    • Concept of Derivatives
    • First principle of Derivative
    • Algebra of Derivatives
    • Derivative of common functions
    • The Chain rule
    • Miscellaneous examples-Derivatives