WHAT IS CALCULUS.

LITERAL DEFINITION

Calculus is defined by dictionary.com as "A method of calculation, especially one of several highly systematic methods of treating problems by a special system of algebraic notations,as differential or integral calculus."

Calculus is also the study of how things change. It is also used to predict the likely hood of certain equation models.

There are also two different types of Calculus.

INTEGRAL

DIFFERENTIAL

MAIN POINTS

• Differential is concerned with finding the slope of a curve.
• Integral is concerned with find the area under a curve.

HISTORY OF CALCULUS

There's a big dispute over who actually discovered calculus.
The two people mainly credited are Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Newton discovered calculus first, but never published any of his notes.
Leibniz published his results first even though he discovered calculus after Newton.

Newton published his results after Leibniz, which caused controversy among the scientists of Europe.

Leibniz was accused of plagiarism, since Newton shared some of his work with him.

Leibniz was always considered to be the lesser of the two discoverers.

BUT HOW DO WE USE IT?

USES

• Calculus studies limits, and what happens when a series or sequence reaches infinity.
• Used in Science, engineering, and economics.
• Used when Algebra "falls short" or becomes to inaccurate.
• Can be used in Newton's second law to calculate the rate of change.
• Einstein's theory of general relativity uses many concepts of calculus.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by W. W. Rouse Ball.
• Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of Time
• Norton History of Mathematics by Ivor Grattan-Guinness
• Calculus:A New Horizon From Ancient Roots by Ebackpack
• Knighted Newton also by Ebackpack

BIBLIOGRAPHY (CONT.)

• Calculus concepts: An applied Approach to the Mathematics of Change.

How Can You Use Calculus in real life?

FUN CALCULUS JOKES

• Why do they never serve beer at a math party?
• Why is the Calculus teacher bad at baseball?
• What's the difference between a Phd in math and a large pizza?

TO GET DATES!

• Hey, you must be the square root of -1 because you cant be real.
• I hear you're good at Algebra? Will you replace my x without asking y?
• Ive been secant you for you for a long time.
• Are you a 90 degree angle? Cause you're looking right.
• Hey girl, what's your sine?