@khannie@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 1 year agoCalculus made easylemmy.worldimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1619file-text
arrow-up1619imageCalculus made easylemmy.world@khannie@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@gramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoI also studied chemical engineering, and throughout high school and university that was exactly it. Calculus was a kind of magic, and you just had to learn all the spells. With this book I finally understood why the derivative of x^2 is 2x.
minus-square@pythonoob@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoOk I’m no mathematician but I’ll still can’t see why d(x^2) = 2x.
minus-square@gramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoThis exact explanation is in the book: https://calculusmadeeasy.org/4.html
minus-square@5oap10116@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI tried to figure it out myself back in high school but the best I came up with is X^2 -->2x because it just fucking does.
I also studied chemical engineering, and throughout high school and university that was exactly it. Calculus was a kind of magic, and you just had to learn all the spells.
With this book I finally understood why the derivative of x^2 is 2x.
Ok I’m no mathematician but I’ll still can’t see why d(x^2) = 2x.
This exact explanation is in the book: https://calculusmadeeasy.org/4.html
I tried to figure it out myself back in high school but the best I came up with is X^2 -->2x because it just fucking does.
https://www.calculusmadeeasy.org/4.html