# Overview of Calculus Book

##### Overview
This GeoGebraBook is intended as a collection of material for single variable calculus.[br][br]It will be organized following the normal syllabus of a standard course.[br][br]This is also something of a proof of concept project.  It will have a number of additions that [br]can be described as me checking to see if I can do things with features of Geogebra or GeoGebraBooks[br]or to show off constructions others have made that I think of as cool.[br][br]This page is my first attempt at looking at the new page structure in GeoGebraBooks, allowing richer content on a page.[br][br][br]*************************************************************[br][br]As mentioned above this is also a proof of concept project.[br]Some of the applets are my own work.  Some are modifications of applets created by others. Some are simply the work of others.[br][br]The applets included span a variety of models for what an applet can do.[br][br]A number of the applets are visual demonstrations of some concept.  [br]The applets I choose tend to give you the option of using your favorite function in the demonstration.[br][br]I think of this as "classic GeoGebra"
As I modification of the first model, I have moved toward having a number of preset examples ready for selection, typically with a slider bar.  This makes it easy to work through the examples that show features of interest.
I have also started playing with applets that are designed as drill tools.  This uses the CAS engine.  It lets students do unlimited drill and get immediate feedback.
I also have found interesting applets that do a fixed example, but use several sheets for explanation.
In the review material I use an applet that simply reviews trig functions of standard angles.

# Chapter 1 overview

Whenever we teach calculus we find a need to do some review of previous material.[br][br]This chapter provides applets for review of material where calculus depends on previous material.[br]1) Family of Functions is designed to look at functions with parameters.  We want students to have a good intuitive grasp of the generic graph of classes of functions,[br]2) Trig review[br]3) Compression and translation

# Intuitive Definition of Limit

 In this applet, we see a function $f$ graphed in the $xy$-plane. You can move the blue point on the $x$-axis and you can change $\delta$, the "radius" of an interval centered about that point. The point has $x$-value $c$, and you can see the values of $c$ and $f(c)$. You can use the pre-loaded examples chosen with the slider or type in your own functions with option 10. We say $\lim_{x\to c} f(x)$ exists if all the values of $f(x)$ are "really close" to some number whenever $x$ is "really close" to $c$. [b]Explore[/b] [list] [*]Start by dragging the blue point on the $x$-axis. What is the relationship between the red segment on the $x$-axis and the green segment(s) on the $y$-axis? [*]What does the $\delta$ slider do? Notice that $\delta$ does not ever take on the value of zero. You can "fine tune" $\delta$ by clicking on the slider button then using the left and right keyboard arrows. [*]As $\delta$ shrinks to $0$, does the green area always get smaller? Does it ever get larger? Does the green area always shrink down to a single point? [*]Try the various examples in the applet to get a good feeling for your answers in the previous problem. [*]Example 5 shows a function that is not defined at $x=1$. Even though $f(1)$ has no value, we can make a good estimate of $\lim_{x\to 1} f(x)$. In this case, $\lim_{x\to 1} f(x)$ tells us what $f(1)$ "should" be. Use zooming to estimate this limit. [*]In Examples 6 and 7, the function is undefined at $x=2$. (The function truly is undefined, even though the applet shows $f(2) = \infty$. Check this yourself by plugging in $2$ for $x$ in the function). What is the value of $\lim_{x\to 2} f(x)$? [*]Example 8 is a function that gets "infinitely wiggly" around $x=1$. What happens if $c=1$ and you shrink $\delta$? Try this: make $c=1$ and $\delta=0.001$. What will happen as you move $c$ slowly toward $1$? Make a guess before you do it. [/list] [b]Project idea[/b] Let $f(x)$ be a function and define $g(x) = \lim_{t \to x} f(t)$. Be careful to distinguish between $t$ and $x$ You may have to read the definition of $g(x)$ several times and think carefully about the situation. (This mixture of variables $x$ and $t$ comes up again later when we discuss integrals.) [list] [*]What is $g(c)$ when $f$ is continuous at $x = c$? [*]What is $g(c)$ when $f$ has a removable discontinuity at $x = c$? [*]What is $g(c)$ when $f$ has a jump discontinuity at $x = c$? Does it depend on whether or not $f(c)$ is defined? [*]What is $g(c)$ when $f$ has an infinite discontinuity at $x = c$? [*]Give an example where the domain of $g(x)$ is bigger than$f(x)$. [*]Give an example where the domain of $g(x)$ is smaller than $f(x)$. [*]Give an example where $g$ and $f$ have the same domain. [*]Is $g(x)$ always a continuous function? [*]Is it possible for $g(c)$ and $f(c)$ to be defined but not equal? [/list] This is a modification of an applet designed by Marc Renault.

# Numeric Derivative at a Point

Finding the derivative at a point turns into a viewing window problem.[br]I ant to find a delta-epsilon window so that the curve looks like a line.[br](I should not be able to tell the difference between the curve and the secant line from [br](c-delta,f(c-delta)) to (c+delta, f(c+delta)).)[br][br]I then approximate the derivative by finding rise/run for the line.
This applet is meant as an illustration of the definition of a derivative at a point.[br][br]It has the advantage of showing that numeric differentiation is quite robust.[br]The default curve is a parabola, where students will be able to find the derivative symbolically.[br][br]

# Derivative Plot

 As A moves slope of tangent line is plotted. Move A along x-axis or use Animate button.

# Chapter working notes

##### Working notes on appplications
There should be something to cover:[br]1) Linear approximation[br]2) Optimization

# Riemann Sum from a to b.

 Shows the value of an approximating Riemann sum and Trapepzoid sum also. Change a and b by sliding points along X-axis OR by typing in values in the input boxes. Change n, the number of intervals, and p, the position in the interval where the function is evaluated by using the sliders.

# Area Between Curves

A standard application of integration is to find the area between two curves.[br][br]The integration unit is the top function minus the bottom function.[br][br]The basic integral is [br][br]$\int_{LeftEnd}^{RightEnd}\left(TopCurve-BottomCurve\right)dx$ [br][br]It should be noted that if top and bottom, or left and right, are reversed, the area is negative.
It is always good to start with a problem where we can find the answer without using integration.[br][list][*]A rectangle, Top(x)=4, Bottom(x)=1, Left = -2, Right =3[/*][*]A triangle, Top(x)=x, Bottom(x)=-1, Left = -1, Right =3[/*][*]A circle, Top(x)=sqrt(4-x^2), Bottom(x)=-sqrt(4-x^2), Left=-2, Right=2[/*][/list][br]One can then look are areas we cannot compute with simple geometry.[br][list][*]Bottom(x)=x^2, Top(x)=4, Left=-2, Right=2[/*][*]Bottom(x)=x^2, Top(x)=x+2, Left=-1, Right=2[/*][/list][br]One should also look at cases where the "top" and "bottom" curves cross.

# Taylor Polynomial of f(x) centered at point a

Enter a function of $x$.[br]Choose the degree of the polynomial by sliding point $n$ on the slide bar.[br]Choose the center of the polynomial by sliding point $a$ on the slide bar.

# Slope Fields

 This worksheet gives a demonstration of the use of new features in release 4.0 to find solution curves of a slope field. The user can create named points as the starting point of new solution curves. The point A can be moved around to show the value of the vector field at a point. The second graphics window is used as a control panel. With each vector field you should see if the solution curves fit into one pattern or if there are several different kinds. You should check to see if there are limit or boundary curves. The default field Dy=x, Dx=-y+.02x spirals out. You should find the variation that makes it spiral in or form circles The field Dx=x, Dy=y diverges out. What happens with a field like Dx=sin(x*y), Dy=cos(x*y) Mike May, S.J. maymk@slu.edu