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because, though the difference is the same in both, namely one inch, it is one third of the least side in the first case, and only one hundredth in the second.", "markdown": "For example, if a geometrical figure, two of whose sides are $3$ and $4$ inches now, be altered in dimensions, so that the corresponding sides are $100$ and $101$ inches, they are nearer to equality in the second case than in the first; because, though the difference is the same in both, namely one inch, it is one third of the least side in the first case, and only one hundredth in the second.", "why": "A simple numerical example in which the same difference means very different closeness to equality.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/difference", "concept/equality", "concept/ratio" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-35f5f1eb56", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-the-ratio-or-proportion-of-two-magnitudes", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "3", "location": "On the Ratio or Proportion of Two Magnitudes", "latex": "Thus, twenty miles would be a material error in talking of a day's journey, but would not be considered worth mentioning in one of three months, and would be called totally insensible in stating the distance between the earth and sun.", "markdown": "Thus, twenty miles would be a material error in talking of a day’s journey, but would not be considered worth mentioning in one of three months, and would be called totally insensible in stating the distance between the earth and sun.", "why": "A vivid everyday analogy for why size must be judged relative to the whole.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/difference", "concept/error-of-measurement", "concept/ratio", "quantity/magnitude" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-ccb6b238ba", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-the-ratio-or-proportion-of-two-magnitudes", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "4", "location": "On the Ratio or Proportion of Two Magnitudes", "latex": "In future, when we talk of an approach towards equality, we mean that the ratio is made more nearly equal to unity, not that the difference is more nearly equal to nothing. 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The arc~$AB$ will then diminish, as also the chord~$AB$, and by bringing the point~$A$ sufficiently near to~$B$, we may obtain an arc and its chord, both of which shall be smaller than a given line, however small this last may be.", "markdown": "For example, let a point $A$ move on a circle towards a fixed point $B$. The arc $AB$ will then diminish, as also the chord $AB$, and by bringing the point $A$ sufficiently near to $B$, we may obtain an arc and its chord, both of which shall be smaller than a given line, however small this last may be.", "why": "A concrete picture of two magnitudes, an arc and its chord, vanishing together.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/arc-of-a-circle", "concept/chord", "concept/magnitudes-vanishing-together", "concept/point", "quantity/magnitude" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-f596991fe5", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-the-ratio-of-magnitudes-that-vanish-together", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "4", "location": "On the Ratio of Magnitudes that Vanish Together", "latex": "But while the magnitudes diminish, we may not assume either that their ratio increases, diminishes, or remains the same, for we have shown that a diminution of two magnitudes is consistent with either of these.", "markdown": "But while the magnitudes diminish, we may not assume either that their ratio increases, diminishes, or remains the same, for we have shown that a diminution of two magnitudes is consistent with either of these.", "why": "Warns learners not to guess how a ratio behaves just because both terms shrink.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/magnitudes-vanishing-together", "concept/ratio" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-0e1b247626", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-the-ratio-of-magnitudes-that-vanish-together", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "5", "location": "On the Ratio of Magnitudes that Vanish Together", "latex": "The first possible case is that the ratio of $M$ to~$N$ may decrease without limit, that is, $M$~may be a smaller fraction of~$N$ after a decrease than it was before, and a still smaller after a further decrease, and so on; 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it is never so great as~$2$, though it may be brought as near to~$2$ as we please.", "markdown": "The difference between this case and the last is, that the ratio of $M$ to $N$, though perpetually increasing, does not increase without limit; it is never so great as $2$, though it may be brought as near to $2$ as we please.", "why": "Sets an unbounded ratio against a ratio that grows forever but stays below a ceiling.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/approximation", "concept/limit", "concept/ratio-decreasing-without-limit" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-07fb32e5bf", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-the-ratio-of-magnitudes-that-vanish-together", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "7", "location": "On the Ratio of Magnitudes that Vanish Together", "latex": "Therefore (1)~$\\dfrac{M}{N}$~continually increases; 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Thus\nif one point move towards another on a circle, both\nthe arc and its chord decrease continuously.", "markdown": "In geometry and mechanics, it is necessary to consider quantities as increasing or decreasing *continuously*; that is, a magnitude does not pass from one value to another without passing through every intermediate value. 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But $\\dfrac{BM}{BA}$~has been shown to approach\ncontinually towards~$1$, and $\\dfrac{MA}{BA}$~to decrease without\nlimit; hence $\\dfrac{\\arc BA}{\\chord BA}$ continually approaches towards~$1$.", "markdown": "The arc $BA$ always lies between $BA$ and $BN + NA$, or $BM + MA$; hence $\\dfrac{\\arc BA}{\\chord BA}$ lies between $1$ and $\\dfrac{BM}{BA} + \\dfrac{MA}{BA}$. But $\\dfrac{BM}{BA}$ has been shown to approach continually towards $1$, and $\\dfrac{MA}{BA}$ to decrease without limit; hence $\\dfrac{\\arc BA}{\\chord BA}$ continually approaches towards $1$.", "why": "It is a short squeeze argument showing that the arc-to-chord ratio approaches 1.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/arc-of-a-circle", "concept/chord", "concept/limit", "concept/ratio", "quantity/arc-of-a-circle" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-2ba6b11533", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notion-of-infinitely-small-quantities", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "11", "location": "The Notion of Infinitely Small Quantities", "latex": "Since $(a + h)^{2} = a^{2} + 2ah + h^{2}$, it appears that if $a$~be increased by~$h$, $a^{2}$~is increased by~$2ah + h^{2}$.", "markdown": "Since $(a + h)^{2} = 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$2a$ to $1$, to which it may be made to approach within any quantity, if it be allowable to take $h$ as small as we please.", "why": "It states the limit idea in place of infinitely small quantities, showing how the ratio settles on a definite value.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/approximation", "concept/limit", "concept/ratio" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-a999a7b983", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notion-of-infinitely-small-quantities", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "13", "location": "The Notion of Infinitely Small Quantities", "latex": "The proposition, therefore, that $h$~can be taken so small that $2ah + h^{2}$ and~$2ah$ are rigorously equal, though not true, and therefore entailing error upon all its subsequent consequences, yet is of this character, that, by taking $h$ sufficiently small, all errors may be made as small as we please.", "markdown": "The proposition, therefore, that $h$ can be taken so small that $2ah + h^{2}$ and $2ah$ are rigorously equal, though not true, and therefore entailing error upon all its subsequent consequences, yet is of this character, that, by taking $h$ sufficiently small, all errors may be made as small as we please.", "why": "It explains why an error that can be made as small as we like is still a true approximation, which is a key idea for students.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/approximation", "concept/infinitesimal" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-c838ba3ea6", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notion-of-infinitely-small-quantities", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "14", "location": "The Notion of Infinitely Small Quantities", "latex": "Again, it would be said (\\Fig{1}) that if $AB$~be infinitely small, $MA$~is infinitely less than~$BM$.", "markdown": "Again, it would be said (1) that if $AB$ be infinitely small, $MA$ is infinitely less than $BM$.", "why": "It shows the circle-and-arc picture in the author's words, letting a learner link infinitely small arcs to chords.", "use": [ "history", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/arc-of-a-circle", "concept/chord", "concept/circle", "concept/infinitesimal" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-c07e5cd04a", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notion-of-infinitely-small-quantities", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "11", "location": "The Notion of Infinitely Small Quantities", "latex": "In this case he used the phrase that $n$~is \\emph{infinitely} small with respect to~$m$.", "markdown": "In this case he used the phrase that $n$ is *infinitely* small with respect to $m$.", "why": "Gives the origin of the phrase 'infinitely small' in Leibnitz's own usage.", "use": [ "lesson", "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/infinitesimal", "person/gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-04971a73cc", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notion-of-infinitely-small-quantities", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "12", "location": "The Notion of Infinitely Small Quantities", "latex": "In this reasoning there is evidently an absolute error; for it is impossible that $h$~can be so small, that $2ah + h^{2}$ and $2ah$ shall be the same.", "markdown": "In this reasoning there is evidently an absolute error; for it is impossible that $h$ can be so small, that $2ah + h^{2}$ and $2ah$ shall be the same.", "why": "Honestly flags that the infinitely small shortcut is strictly wrong, a useful caution for learners.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/infinitesimal", "method/neglecting-higher-order-small-quantities" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-309884c9fd", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notion-of-infinitely-small-quantities", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "12", "location": "The Notion of Infinitely Small Quantities", "latex": "Nothing is either small or great in itself, these terms only implying a relation to some other magnitude of the same kind, and even then varying their meaning with the subject in talking of which the magnitude occurs, so that both terms may be applied to the same magnitude: thus a large field is a very small part of the earth.", "markdown": "Nothing is either small or great in itself, these terms only implying a relation to some other magnitude of the same kind, and even then varying their meaning with the subject in talking of which the magnitude occurs, so that both terms may be applied to the same magnitude: thus a large field is a very small part of the earth.", "why": "Shows with a vivid example why 'small' needs a comparison before it can be used mathematically.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/infinitesimal", "concept/standard-of-approximation" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-892fd7cd5f", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notion-of-infinitely-small-quantities", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "13", "location": "The Notion of Infinitely Small Quantities", "latex": "Here all dispute about a standard of smallness is avoided, because, be the standard whatever it may, the proportion of~$h^{2}$ to~$h$ may be brought under it.", "markdown": "Here all dispute about a standard of smallness is avoided, because, be the standard whatever it may, the proportion of $h^{2}$ to $h$ may be brought under it.", "why": "Explains why the argument works however strictly 'small' is judged.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/proportion", "concept/standard-of-approximation" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-e029409be3", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notion-of-infinitely-small-quantities", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "13", "location": "The Notion of Infinitely Small Quantities", "latex": "The desire of combining simplicity with the appearance of rigorous demonstration, probably introduced the notion of infinitely small quantities; which was further established by observing that their careful use never led to any error.", "markdown": "The desire of combining simplicity with the appearance of rigorous demonstration, probably introduced the notion of infinitely small quantities; which was further established by observing that their careful use never led to any error.", "why": "A historical remark on why infinitely small quantities became accepted.", "use": [ "history", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/infinitesimal" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-ebd6cb0f5e", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notion-of-infinitely-small-quantities", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "13", "location": "The Notion of Infinitely Small Quantities", "latex": "If $a$~be increased by~$h$, $a^{2}$~is increased by $2ah + h^{2}$, which, whatever may be the value of~$h$, is to~$h$ in the proportion of $2a + h$ to~$1$. The smaller $h$~is made, the more near does this proportion diminish towards that of $2a$ to~$1$, to which it may be made to approach within any quantity, if it be allowable to take $h$ as small as we please. Hence the ratio, $\\emph{increment of } a^{2} ÷ \\emph{increment of } a$, is a decreasing ratio, whose limit is~$2a$.", "markdown": "If $a$ be increased by $h$, $a^{2}$ is increased by $2ah + h^{2}$, which, whatever may be the value of $h$, is to $h$ in the proportion of $2a + h$ to $1$. The smaller $h$ is made, the more near does this proportion diminish towards that of $2a$ to $1$, to which it may be made to approach within any quantity, if it be allowable to take $h$ as small as we please. Hence the ratio, $\\emph{increment of } a^{2} ÷ \\emph{increment of } a$, is a decreasing ratio, whose limit is $2a$.", "why": "Shows the rigorous, limit-based replacement for the infinitely small argument, worked on a^2.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/increment", "concept/limit", "concept/ratio" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-738869f2e0", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notion-of-infinitely-small-quantities", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "14", "location": "The Notion of Infinitely Small Quantities", "latex": "This should be considered as an abbreviation of the proposition proved (\\PageRef{10}), and of the following: If a polygon be inscribed in a circle, the greater the number of its sides, and the smaller their lengths, the more nearly will the perimeters of the polygon and circle be equal to one another; and further, if any straight line be given, however small, the difference between the perimeters of the polygon and circle may be made less than that line, by sufficient increase of the number of sides and diminution of their lengths.", "markdown": "This should be considered as an abbreviation of the proposition proved (10), and of the following: If a polygon be inscribed in a circle, the greater the number of its sides, and the smaller their lengths, the more nearly will the perimeters of the polygon and circle be equal to one another; and further, if any straight line be given, however small, the difference between the perimeters of the polygon and circle may be made less than that line, by sufficient increase of the number of sides and diminution of their lengths.", "why": "Translates the loose claim that a circle is a polygon of infinitely many sides into a precise statement.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/infinitesimal", "concept/perimeter", "concept/polygon" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-0ef727e97c", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "14", "location": "On Functions", "latex": "Such are $x^{2} + a^{2}$, $\\dfrac{a + x}{a - x}$, $\\log(x + y)$, $\\sin 2x$.", "markdown": "Such are $x^{2} + a^{2}$, $\\dfrac{a + x}{a - x}$, $\\log(x + y)$, $\\sin 2x$.", "why": "Four concrete examples let a learner see that a function can be a sum, a fraction, a logarithm or a trigonometric expression.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/algebraic-expression", "concept/function" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-5383d86947", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "14", "location": "On Functions", "latex": "Thus if in $x^{2} + a^{2}$ $x$~only is considered as changing its value, this is called a function of~$x$; if $x$~and~$a$ both change, it is called a function of $x$~and~$a$.", "markdown": "Thus if in $x^{2} + a^{2}$ $x$ only is considered as changing its value, this is called a function of $x$; if $x$ and $a$ both change, it is called a function of $x$ and $a$.", "why": "It shows that what counts as a function depends on which quantities are allowed to change, which is the key point for functions of several variables.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/function", "concept/function-of-several-variables", "concept/variable" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-65b25baf5b", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "15", "location": "On Functions", "latex": "Here it must be borne in mind that $\\phi$~and~$\\psi$ do not represent numbers which multiply~$x$, but are \\emph{the abbreviated directions to perform certain operations with $x$ and constant quantities}.", "markdown": "Here it must be borne in mind that $\\phi$ and $\\psi$ do not represent numbers which multiply $x$, but are *the abbreviated directions to perform certain operations with $x$ and constant quantities*.", "why": "Warns against the common mistake of reading phi(x) as phi times x.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/function", "concept/function-notation", "concept/operation" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-9c37135fd4", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "15", "location": "On Functions", "latex": "Thus, if $\\phi x = x + x^{2}$, $\\phi$~is equivalent to a direction to add~$x$ to its square, and the whole~$\\phi x$ stands for the result of this operation. Thus, in this case, $\\phi(1) = 2$; $\\phi(2) = 6$; $\\phi a = a + a^{2}$; $\\phi(x + h) = x + h + (x + h)^{2}$; $\\phi \\sin x = \\sin x + (\\sin x)^{2}$.", "markdown": "Thus, if $\\phi x = x + x^{2}$, $\\phi$ is equivalent to a direction to add $x$ to its square, and the whole $\\phi x$ stands for the result of this operation. Thus, in this case, $\\phi(1) = 2$; $\\phi(2) = 6$; $\\phi a = a + a^{2}$; $\\phi(x + h) = x + h + (x + h)^{2}$; $\\phi \\sin x = \\sin x + (\\sin x)^{2}$.", "why": "A worked example showing how one rule phi is applied to numbers, letters, sums and other functions.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/function", "concept/function-notation", "concept/operation" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-fc14f3b25e", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "15", "location": "On Functions", "latex": "It may be easily conceived that this notion is useless, unless there are propositions which are generally true of all functions, and which may be made the foundation of general reasoning.", "markdown": "It may be easily conceived that this notion is useless, unless there are propositions which are generally true of all functions, and which may be made the foundation of general reasoning.", "why": "Explains why general function symbols are worth having: they allow results that hold for every function.", "use": [ "lesson", "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/function", "concept/function-notation" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-07d0c83f06", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "14", "location": "On Functions", "latex": "An expression may be a function of more quantities than one, but it is usual only to name those quantities of which it is necessary to consider a change in the value. Thus if in $x^{2} + a^{2}$ $x$~only is considered as changing its value, this is called a function of~$x$; if $x$~and~$a$ both change, it is called a function of $x$~and~$a$.", "markdown": "An expression may be a function of more quantities than one, but it is usual only to name those quantities of which it is necessary to consider a change in the value. Thus if in $x^{2} + a^{2}$ $x$ only is considered as changing its value, this is called a function of $x$; if $x$ and $a$ both change, it is called a function of $x$ and $a$.", "why": "Shows that what counts as a function of what depends on which quantities we choose to let change.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/constant", "concept/function", "concept/variable" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-9d0eb71507", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "15", "location": "On Functions", "latex": "Thus in \\Fig{1}, the length of the radius~$OB$ is a constant, the arc~$AB$ is the independent variable, while $BM$,~$MA$, the chord~$AB$,~etc., are dependent.", "markdown": "Thus in 1, the length of the radius $OB$ is a constant, the arc $AB$ is the independent variable, while $BM$, $MA$, the chord $AB$, etc., are dependent.", "why": "Gives a concrete geometric picture of constant, independent and dependent quantities.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/constant", "concept/dependent", "concept/independent-variable" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-6d33ed0759", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "15", "location": "On Functions", "latex": "And, as in algebra we reason on numbers by means of general symbols, each of which may afterwards be particularised as standing for any number we please, unless specially prevented by the conditions of the problem, so, in treating of functions, we use general symbols, which may, under the restrictions of the problem, stand for any function whatever.", "markdown": "And, as in algebra we reason on numbers by means of general symbols, each of which may afterwards be particularised as standing for any number we please, unless specially prevented by the conditions of the problem, so, in treating of functions, we use general symbols, which may, under the restrictions of the problem, stand for any function whatever.", "why": "Presents general function symbols as the same step of abstraction that letters for numbers made in algebra.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/function", "concept/function-notation" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-c1b9c1ff0e", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-infinite-series", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "15", "location": "Infinite Series", "latex": "If in~$\\phi x$, any function of~$x$, the\nvalue of~$x$ be increased by~$h$, or $x + h$~be substituted\ninstead of~$x$, the result is denoted by~$\\phi(x + h)$.", "markdown": "If in $\\phi x$, any function of $x$, the value of $x$ be increased by $h$, or $x + h$ be substituted instead of $x$, the result is denoted by $\\phi(x + h)$.", "why": "Introduces the notation phi(x + h) that underlies Taylor's theorem and the idea of an increment.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/function", "concept/increment", "theorem/taylor-s-theorem" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-2dbf6596cc", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-infinite-series", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "16", "location": "Infinite Series", "latex": "It will happen, however, in many functions,\nthat one or more values can be given to~$x$ for which\nit is impossible to expand $f(x + h)$ without introducing\nnegative or fractional powers.", "markdown": "It will happen, however, in many functions, that one or more values can be given to $x$ for which it is impossible to expand $f(x + h)$ without introducing negative or fractional powers.", "why": "Warns learners that the expansion has exceptions, which motivates singular values.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/singular-value", "theorem/taylor-s-theorem" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-3fef7f36fe", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-infinite-series", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "16", "location": "Infinite Series", "latex": "As the notion of a series which has no end of its\nterms, may be new to the student, we will now proceed\nto show that there may be series so constructed,\nthat the addition of any number of their terms, however\ngreat, will always give a result less than some\ndeterminate quantity.", "markdown": "As the notion of a series which has no end of its terms, may be new to the student, we will now proceed to show that there may be series so constructed, that the addition of any number of their terms, however great, will always give a result less than some determinate quantity.", "why": "Frames the surprising idea that endlessly many terms can add up to a bounded amount.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/infinite-sequence", "concept/limit" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-201ce37498", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-infinite-series", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "16", "location": "Infinite Series", "latex": "The\nfirst two terms of this series may be obtained by dividing\n$1 - x^{2}$ by $1 - x$; the first three by dividing\n$1 - x^{3}$ by $1 - x$; and the first $n$~terms by dividing\n$1 - x^{n}$ by $1 - x$.", "markdown": "The first two terms of this series may be obtained by dividing $1 - x^{2}$ by $1 - x$; the first three by dividing $1 - x^{3}$ by $1 - x$; and the first $n$ terms by dividing $1 - x^{n}$ by $1 - x$.", "why": "Shows concretely how partial sums of the geometric series come from simple division.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/geometric-series", "concept/geometrical-progression", "concept/infinite-sequence" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-f8e08f0b9c", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-infinite-series", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "17", "location": "Infinite Series", "latex": "Hence by taking $n$~sufficiently\ngreat, $\\dfrac{1 - x^{n}}{1 - x}$ or $\\dfrac{1}{1 - x} - \\dfrac{x^{n}}{1 - x}$ may be\nbrought as near to~$\\dfrac{1}{1 - x}$ as we please, than which,\nhowever, it must always be less, since $\\dfrac{x^{n}}{1 - x}$ can never\nentirely vanish, whatever value $n$~may have, and therefore\nthere is always something subtracted from $\\dfrac{1}{1 - x}$.", "markdown": "Hence by taking $n$ sufficiently great, $\\dfrac{1 - x^{n}}{1 - x}$ or $\\dfrac{1}{1 - x} - \\dfrac{x^{n}}{1 - x}$ may be brought as near to $\\dfrac{1}{1 - x}$ as we please, than which, however, it must always be less, since $\\dfrac{x^{n}}{1 - x}$ can never entirely vanish, whatever value $n$ may have, and therefore there is always something subtracted from $\\dfrac{1}{1 - x}$.", "why": "Gives the core argument for why the partial sums approach but never reach 1/(1 - x).", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/approximation", "concept/geometric-series", "concept/infinite-sequence", "concept/limit", "concept/power" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-a19e4a097a", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-infinite-series", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "16", "location": "Infinite Series", "latex": "Thus it generally happens that $x^{2} - 10x + 40$ is greater than~$15$, with\n the exception only of the case where $x = 5$. It is generally true that a line\n which meets a circle in a given point meets it again, with the exception only\n of the tangent.", "markdown": "Thus it generally happens that $x^{2} - 10x + 40$ is greater than $15$, with the exception only of the case where $x = 5$. It is generally true that a line which meets a circle in a given point meets it again, with the exception only of the tangent.", "why": "Makes the word 'generally' concrete with two small examples that have a single exception each.", "use": [ "lesson", "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/singular-value" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-ed1e74bb52", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-convergent-and-divergent-series", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "17", "location": "Convergent and Divergent Series", "latex": "On the other\nhand, a series is said to be \\emph{divergent} when the sum of\na number of terms may be made to surpass any quantity,\nhowever great.", "markdown": "On the other hand, a series is said to be *divergent* when the sum of a number of terms may be made to surpass any quantity, however great.", "why": "It sets divergence beside convergence so the learner can see the two outcomes as opposites.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/convergent-series", "concept/divergent-series" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-f17ab51c11", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-convergent-and-divergent-series", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "18", "location": "Convergent and Divergent Series", "latex": "We have introduced the new terms, $\\dfrac{b}{a}$,~$\\dfrac{c}{b}$,~etc., or the\nratios which the several terms of the original series\nbear to those immediately preceding.", "markdown": "We have introduced the new terms, $\\dfrac{b}{a}$, $\\dfrac{c}{b}$, etc., or the ratios which the several terms of the original series bear to those immediately preceding.", "why": "It explains the idea of rewriting a series in terms of the ratios of its successive terms, the key device for testing convergence.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/ratio", "theorem/ratio-test-for-convergence" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-cc1e79c25f", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-convergent-and-divergent-series", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "17", "location": "Convergent and Divergent Series", "latex": "A series is said to be \\emph{convergent} when the sum of its terms tends towards some limit; that is, when, by taking any number of terms, however great, we shall never exceed some certain quantity. On the other hand, a series is said to be \\emph{divergent} when the sum of a number of terms may be made to surpass any quantity, however great.", "markdown": "A series is said to be *convergent* when the sum of its terms tends towards some limit; that is, when, by taking any number of terms, however great, we shall never exceed some certain quantity. On the other hand, a series is said to be *divergent* when the sum of a number of terms may be made to surpass any quantity, however great.", "why": "Gives both definitions side by side in plain words, so a learner sees convergence and divergence as opposites.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/convergent-series", "concept/divergent-series", "concept/limit" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-615126b778", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-convergent-and-divergent-series", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "17", "location": "Convergent and Divergent Series", "latex": "A series cannot be convergent, unless its separate terms decrease, so as, at last, to become less than any given quantity.", "markdown": "A series cannot be convergent, unless its separate terms decrease, so as, at last, to become less than any given quantity.", "why": "States the necessary condition that terms must shrink, a first check a learner can apply to any series.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/convergent-series", "concept/infinite-sequence", "theorem/necessary-condition-for-convergence" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-0280f41905", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-convergent-and-divergent-series", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "18", "location": "Convergent and Divergent Series", "latex": "And the terms of a series may at first increase and afterwards decrease, being apparently divergent for a finite number of terms, and convergent afterwards. It will only be necessary to consider the latter part of the series.", "markdown": "And the terms of a series may at first increase and afterwards decrease, being apparently divergent for a finite number of terms, and convergent afterwards. It will only be necessary to consider the latter part of the series.", "why": "Warns that early terms can mislead and that only the tail decides convergence.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/convergent-series", "concept/divergent-series" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-8fa413d97d", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-convergent-and-divergent-series", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "18", "location": "Convergent and Divergent Series", "latex": "It may be shown (1)~that if the terms of the series $\\dfrac{b}{a}$,~$\\dfrac{c}{b}$,~$\\dfrac{d}{c}$, etc., come at last to be less than unity, and afterwards either continue to approximate to a limit which is less than unity, or decrease without limit, the series $a + b + c + \\etc.$, is convergent; (2)~if the limit of the terms $\\dfrac{b}{a}$,~$\\dfrac{c}{b}$,~etc., is either greater than unity, or if they increase without limit, the series is divergent.", "markdown": "It may be shown (1) that if the terms of the series $\\dfrac{b}{a}$, $\\dfrac{c}{b}$, $\\dfrac{d}{c}$, etc., come at last to be less than unity, and afterwards either continue to approximate to a limit which is less than unity, or decrease without limit, the series $a + b + c + \\etc.$, is convergent; (2) if the limit of the terms $\\dfrac{b}{a}$, $\\dfrac{c}{b}$, etc., is either greater than unity, or if they increase without limit, the series is divergent.", "why": "The chapter's central result: a test for convergence and divergence using the ratios of successive terms.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/limit", "concept/ratio", "concept/ratio-of-successive-terms", "theorem/ratio-test", "theorem/ratio-test-for-convergence" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-5cd6f38aa4", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-convergent-and-divergent-series", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "19", "location": "Convergent and Divergent Series", "latex": "But since $\\dfrac{l}{k}$~is less than unity, the first can never surpass $k × \\dfrac{1}{1 - \\dfrac{l}{k}}$, or~$\\dfrac{k^{2}}{k - l}$, and is convergent; the second is therefore convergent.", "markdown": "But since $\\dfrac{l}{k}$ is less than unity, the first can never surpass $k × \\dfrac{1}{1 - \\dfrac{l}{k}}$, or $\\dfrac{k^{2}}{k - l}$, and is convergent; the second is therefore convergent.", "why": "Shows the key step of the proof: a smaller series is convergent because a larger one is bounded.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "method/comparison-of-series", "theorem/ratio-test" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-82dbee3fec", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-convergent-and-divergent-series", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "19", "location": "Convergent and Divergent Series", "latex": "(2) The second theorem on the divergence of series we leave to the student's consideration, as it is not immediately connected with our object.", "markdown": "(2) The second theorem on the divergence of series we leave to the student’s consideration, as it is not immediately connected with our object.", "why": "An honest note that the divergence half of the test is left unproved, and an invitation to the student to supply it.", "use": [ "history", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/divergent-series", "theorem/ratio-test" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-ef442b718b", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-taylor-s-theorem-derived-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "21", "location": "Taylor's Theorem. Derived Functions", "latex": "Thus, when $\\phi x = x^{n}$, $\\phi' x = nx^{n-1}$, $\\phi'' x = n(n - 1)x^{n-2}$, etc.; when $\\phi x = \\sin x$, $\\phi' x = \\cos x$, $\\phi'' x = -\\sin x$,~etc.", "markdown": "Thus, when $\\phi x = x^{n}$, $\\phi' x = nx^{n-1}$, $\\phi'' x = n(n - 1)x^{n-2}$, etc.; when $\\phi x = \\sin x$, $\\phi' x = \\cos x$, $\\phi'' x = -\\sin x$, etc.", "why": "Two worked cases let a learner check the pattern of derivatives against familiar power and trigonometric functions.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/cosine", "concept/derivative", "concept/higher-order-derivative", "concept/sine" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-09a9cd96b8", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-taylor-s-theorem-derived-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "22", "location": "Taylor's Theorem. Derived Functions", "latex": "Here the coefficient of~$h$ is~$-\\dfrac{1}{x^{2}}$, which is the same as $\\phi'' x$~in the third example.", "markdown": "Here the coefficient of $h$ is $-\\dfrac{1}{x^{2}}$, which is the same as $\\phi'' x$ in the third example.", "why": "A short worked check that a second derivative equals the h-coefficient of the first derivative's expansion, useful for practising the idea.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/higher-order-derivative", "concept/logarithm" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-2c23f169af", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-taylor-s-theorem-derived-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "21", "location": "Taylor's Theorem. Derived Functions", "latex": "The proof of this is equivalent to \\emph{Taylor's Theorem} already alluded to (\\PageRef{15}); and the fact may be verified in the examples already given.", "markdown": "The proof of this is equivalent to *Taylor’s Theorem* already alluded to (15); and the fact may be verified in the examples already given.", "why": "It ties the general pattern of derivatives to Taylor's theorem and tells the learner the examples are a check on it.", "use": [ "history", "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/derivative", "theorem/taylor-s-theorem" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-0d27742c57", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-taylor-s-theorem-derived-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "20", "location": "Taylor's Theorem. Derived Functions", "latex": "This never happens in the developments which we shall be required to consider in the Differential Calculus.", "markdown": "This never happens in the developments which we shall be required to consider in the Differential Calculus.", "why": "It states plainly when the series converges for small h, so a learner knows the developments used in calculus are safe.", "use": [ "lesson", "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/calculus", "concept/convergent-series" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-0ffd6d930f", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-taylor-s-theorem-derived-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "21", "location": "Taylor's Theorem. Derived Functions", "latex": "It appears, then, that the development of~$\\phi(x + h)$ consists of certain functions of~$x$, the first of which is $\\phi x$~itself, and the remainder of which are multiplied by $h$,~$\\dfrac{h^{2}}{2}$, $\\dfrac{h^{3}}{2·3}$, $\\dfrac{h^{4}}{2·3·4}$, and so on.", "markdown": "It appears, then, that the development of $\\phi(x + h)$ consists of certain functions of $x$, the first of which is $\\phi x$ itself, and the remainder of which are multiplied by $h$, $\\dfrac{h^{2}}{2}$, $\\dfrac{h^{3}}{2·3}$, $\\dfrac{h^{4}}{2·3·4}$, and so on.", "why": "It states the shape of the expansion of phi(x + h) and sets up the derived functions as its coefficients.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/coefficient", "concept/derivative", "concept/function-notation", "theorem/taylor-s-theorem" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-0fd8000cae", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-taylor-s-theorem-derived-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "21", "location": "Taylor's Theorem. Derived Functions", "latex": "The following relation exists between $\\phi x$,~$\\phi' x$, $\\phi'' x$,~etc. In the same manner as $\\phi' x$~is the coefficient of~$h$ in the development of~$\\phi(x + h)$, so $\\phi'' x$~is the coefficient of~$h$ in the development of~$\\phi'(x + h)$, and $\\phi''' x$~is the coefficient of~$h$ in the development of~$\\phi''(x + h)$; $\\phi^{\\text{iv}} x$~is the coefficient of~$h$ in the development of $\\phi'''(x + h)$, and so on.", "markdown": "The following relation exists between $\\phi x$, $\\phi' x$, $\\phi'' x$, etc. In the same manner as $\\phi' x$ is the coefficient of $h$ in the development of $\\phi(x + h)$, so $\\phi'' x$ is the coefficient of $h$ in the development of $\\phi'(x + h)$, and $\\phi''' x$ is the coefficient of $h$ in the development of $\\phi''(x + h)$; $\\phi^{\\text{iv}} x$ is the coefficient of $h$ in the development of $\\phi'''(x + h)$, and so on.", "why": "It shows that each derived function comes from the previous one by the same expansion step, which is the core idea of successive derivatives.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/derivative", "concept/higher-order-derivative", "theorem/taylor-s-theorem" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-92f138648e", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-taylor-s-theorem-derived-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "20", "location": "Taylor's Theorem. Derived Functions", "latex": "In this case, by theorem~(1\\ib), the series is convergent; it follows, therefore, that a value of~$h$ can always be found so small that $ph + qh^{2} + rh^{3} + \\etc.$, shall be convergent, at least unless the coefficients $p$,~$q$,~$r$,~etc., be such that the ratio of any one to the preceding increases without limit, as we take more distant terms of the series. This never happens in the developments which we shall be required to consider in the Differential Calculus.", "markdown": "In this case, by theorem (1*b*), the series is convergent; it follows, therefore, that a value of $h$ can always be found so small that $ph + qh^{2} + rh^{3} + \\etc.$, shall be convergent, at least unless the coefficients $p$, $q$, $r$, etc., be such that the ratio of any one to the preceding increases without limit, as we take more distant terms of the series. This never happens in the developments which we shall be required to consider in the Differential Calculus.", "why": "It shows why a small enough h makes the series converge, and states the one exceptional case plainly.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/convergent-series", "concept/power-series", "concept/ratio" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-ce9b504082", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-taylor-s-theorem-derived-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "21", "location": "Taylor's Theorem. Derived Functions", "latex": "When $\\phi x = a^{x}$, $\\phi' x = ka^{x}$, and $\\phi'(x + h) = ka^{x+h} = k(a^{x} + ka^{x}\\, h + \\etc.)$. The coefficient of~$h$ is here~$k^{2} a^{x}$, which is the same as~$\\phi'' x$.", "markdown": "When $\\phi x = a^{x}$, $\\phi' x = ka^{x}$, and $\\phi'(x + h) = ka^{x+h} = k(a^{x} + ka^{x}\\, h + \\etc.)$. The coefficient of $h$ is here $k^{2} a^{x}$, which is the same as $\\phi'' x$.", "why": "A short worked check that the coefficient of h in the expansion of phi'(x + h) really is phi'' x.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/derivative", "concept/exponential-function", "concept/general-power", "concept/higher-order-derivative", "method/verification" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-a8d74ead19", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-taylor-s-theorem-derived-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "22", "location": "Taylor's Theorem. Derived Functions", "latex": "Again, if $\\phi x = \\log x$, $\\phi' x = \\dfrac{1}{x}$, and $\\phi'(x + h) = \\dfrac{1}{x + h} = \\dfrac{1}{x} - \\dfrac{h}{x^{2}} + \\etc.$, as appears by common division. Here the coefficient of~$h$ is~$-\\dfrac{1}{x^{2}}$, which is the same as $\\phi'' x$~in the third example.", "markdown": "Again, if $\\phi x = \\log x$, $\\phi' x = \\dfrac{1}{x}$, and $\\phi'(x + h) = \\dfrac{1}{x + h} = \\dfrac{1}{x} - \\dfrac{h}{x^{2}} + \\etc.$, as appears by common division. Here the coefficient of $h$ is $-\\dfrac{1}{x^{2}}$, which is the same as $\\phi'' x$ in the third example.", "why": "A second worked check, using ordinary division to expand 1/(x + h) and read off phi'' x for the logarithm.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/higher-order-derivative", "concept/logarithm", "method/verification" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-fd7a039cc2", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-differential-coefficients", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "22", "location": "Differential Coefficients", "latex": "Let there be any function of~$x$, which we call~$\\phi x$, in which $x$~is increased by an increment~$h$; the function then becomes", "markdown": "Let there be any function of $x$, which we call $\\phi x$, in which $x$ is increased by an increment $h$; the function then becomes", "why": "It sets up the whole idea by letting a function's variable grow by a small amount h and asking what happens to the function.", "use": [ "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/derivative", "concept/increment" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-d955f0ee8c", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-differential-coefficients", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "24", "location": "Differential Coefficients", "latex": "Therefore to find the coefficient of~$h$ in the development of~$\\phi(x + h)$, find $\\phi(x + h) - \\phi x$, divide it by~$h$, and find the limit towards which it tends as $h$~is diminished.", "markdown": "Therefore to find the coefficient of $h$ in the development of $\\phi(x + h)$, find $\\phi(x + h) - \\phi x$, divide it by $h$, and find the limit towards which it tends as $h$ is diminished.", "why": "It states the working procedure for a derivative in one step a learner can follow and practise.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/limit" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-426a08cf16", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-differential-coefficients", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "24", "location": "Differential Coefficients", "latex": "Hence the ratio of the increments of $\\phi x$ and~$x$, produced by changing $x$ into~$x + h$, though never equal to~$\\phi' x$, approaches towards it as $h$~is diminished, and may be brought as near as we please to it, by sufficiently diminishing~$h$.", "markdown": "Hence the ratio of the increments of $\\phi x$ and $x$, produced by changing $x$ into $x + h$, though never equal to $\\phi' x$, approaches towards it as $h$ is diminished, and may be brought as near as we please to it, by sufficiently diminishing $h$.", "why": "It warns that the difference quotient is never exactly the derivative, yet can be brought as close to it as wanted, which is the key idea behind a limit.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/derivative", "concept/limit" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-b160c237b0", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-differential-coefficients", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "24", "location": "Differential Coefficients", "latex": "It follows, therefore, that if, instead of the full development of~$\\phi(x + h)$, we use only its two first terms $\\phi x + \\phi' x\\, h$, the error thereby introduced may, by taking $h$ sufficiently small, be made as small a portion as we please of the small term~$\\phi' x\\, h$.", "markdown": "It follows, therefore, that if, instead of the full development of $\\phi(x + h)$, we use only its two first terms $\\phi x + \\phi' x\\, h$, the error thereby introduced may, by taking $h$ sufficiently small, be made as small a portion as we please of the small term $\\phi' x\\, h$.", "why": "It shows why a linear approximation is good for small changes, the reason first-order approximation is used in practice.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/approximation" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-b76ee1fa7a", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notation-of-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "25", "location": "The Notation of the Differential Calculus", "latex": "When any quantity is increased by an increment, which, consistently with the conditions of the problem, may be supposed as small as we please, this increment is denoted, not by a separate letter, but by prefixing the letter~$d$, either followed by a full stop or not, to that already used to signify the quantity.", "markdown": "When any quantity is increased by an increment, which, consistently with the conditions of the problem, may be supposed as small as we please, this increment is denoted, not by a separate letter, but by prefixing the letter $d$, either followed by a full stop or not, to that already used to signify the quantity.", "why": "It gives the learner the basic rule for reading the d-notation, stated in the book's own words.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/differential", "concept/increment" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-fe5b8decb8", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notation-of-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "25", "location": "The Notation of the Differential Calculus", "latex": "Thus, if $x$~becomes $x + dx$, $x^{2}$~becomes $x^{2} + d.x^{2}$. But this is also $(x + dx)^{2}$ or $x^{2} + 2x\\, dx + (dx)^{2}$; whence $d.x^{2} = 2x\\, dx + (dx)^{2}$.", "markdown": "Thus, if $x$ becomes $x + dx$, $x^{2}$ becomes $x^{2} + d.x^{2}$. But this is also $(x + dx)^{2}$ or $x^{2} + 2x\\, dx + (dx)^{2}$; whence $d.x^{2} = 2x\\, dx + (dx)^{2}$.", "why": "It works a small example of the increment of x squared, so the learner can see where the extra term comes from.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/differential", "concept/increment" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-23d4ec6aea", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notation-of-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "25", "location": "The Notation of the Differential Calculus", "latex": "Care must be taken not to confound $d.x^{2}$, the increment of~$x^{2}$, with~$(dx)^{2}$, or, as it is often written,~$dx^{2}$, the square of the increment of~$x$.", "markdown": "Care must be taken not to confound $d.x^{2}$, the increment of $x^{2}$, with $(dx)^{2}$, or, as it is often written, $dx^{2}$, the square of the increment of $x$.", "why": "It warns the learner about a common confusion between the increment of x squared and the square of the increment.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/differential" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-9ed1161a79", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notation-of-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "26", "location": "The Notation of the Differential Calculus", "latex": "It must not be imagined that because $x$~occurs in the symbol~$dx$, the value of the latter in any way depends upon that of the former: both the first value of~$x$, and the quantity by which it is made to differ from its first value, are at our pleasure, and the letter~$d$ must merely be regarded as an abbreviation of the words ``\\emph{difference of}.''", "markdown": "It must not be imagined that because $x$ occurs in the symbol $dx$, the value of the latter in any way depends upon that of the former: both the first value of $x$, and the quantity by which it is made to differ from its first value, are at our pleasure, and the letter $d$ must merely be regarded as an abbreviation of the words “*difference of*.”", "why": "It tells the learner that dx does not depend on the value of x, which is a point beginners often miss.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/difference", "concept/differential" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-47c9095102", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notation-of-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "28", "location": "The Notation of the Differential Calculus", "latex": "If $x = 4$ and $dx = .01$, then $dy = .0801$ and $\\dfrac{dy}{dx} = 8.01$. If $dx = .0001$, $dy = .00080001$ and $\\dfrac{dy}{dx} = 8.0001$.", "markdown": "If $x = 4$ and $dx = .01$, then $dy = .0801$ and $\\dfrac{dy}{dx} = 8.01$. If $dx = .0001$, $dy = .00080001$ and $\\dfrac{dy}{dx} = 8.0001$.", "why": "These numbers show concretely how the ratio dy/dx approaches its limit as dx shrinks.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/derivative", "concept/limit" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-ae58aafec0", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notation-of-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "29", "location": "The Notation of the Differential Calculus", "latex": "We must adopt the first of these explanations when $dy$ and $dx$ appear in a fraction, and the second when they are on opposite sides of an equation.", "markdown": "We must adopt the first of these explanations when $dy$ and $dx$ appear in a fraction, and the second when they are on opposite sides of an equation.", "why": "It tells the learner which reading of the notation applies in each form of expression.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/derivative", "concept/differential" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-c04c26be53", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notation-of-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "29", "location": "The Notation of the Differential Calculus", "latex": "\\emph{The equations which we thus use are not absolutely true in any case, but may be brought as near as we please to the truth}, by making $dy$~and~$dx$ sufficiently small.", "markdown": "*The equations which we thus use are not absolutely true in any case, but may be brought as near as we please to the truth*, by making $dy$ and $dx$ sufficiently small.", "why": "It states plainly that the working equations are approximations that become true in the limit, which keeps the learner honest about what is being claimed.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/derivative", "concept/limit" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-64d8e94343", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-notation-of-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "26", "location": "The Notation of the Differential Calculus", "latex": "In the Differential Calculus, the limit of the ratio only is retained, to the exclusion of the rest, which may be explained in either of the two following ways:", "markdown": "In the Differential Calculus, the limit of the ratio only is retained, to the exclusion of the rest, which may be explained in either of the two following ways:", "why": "It names the central idea of the chapter, that the calculus keeps only the limit of a ratio, before the two explanations 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infinite number of others, whose distance from $OB$ is the same as that of $P$, there is no other point whose distances from both lines are the same as those of $P$.", "why": "It explains why two distances are needed: one distance alone never picks out a single point, but both together do.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/cartesian-coordinates" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-4cc06a163f", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-algebraical-geometry", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "29", "location": "Algebraical Geometry", "latex": "The line~$OA$ is called the axis of~$x$, because it is usual to denote any variable distance measured on or parallel to~$OA$ by the letter~$x$.", "markdown": "The line $OA$ is called the axis of $x$, because it is usual to denote any variable distance measured on or parallel to $OA$ by the letter $x$.", "why": "It shows how the letters x and y come from the two axes, so the learner can see where the notation begins.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/cartesian-coordinates" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-e3e4d89b00", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-algebraical-geometry", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "30", "location": "Algebraical Geometry", "latex": "It is moreover usual to call the co-ordinate~$OM$, the \\emph{abscissa}, and $MP$, the \\emph{ordinate}, of the point~$P$.", "markdown": "It is moreover usual to call the co-ordinate $OM$, the *abscissa*, and $MP$, the *ordinate*, of the point $P$.", "why": "It gives the two standard names for the coordinates along x and along y.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/abscissa", "concept/ordinate" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-c2d5d96512", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-algebraical-geometry", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "30", "location": "Algebraical Geometry", "latex": "As $O$~moves towards~$A$, the point~$P$ will, by its motion on~$MP$, compounded with the motion of the line $MP$ itself, describe a curve~$OP$, in which $PM$~is less than, equal to, or greater than,~$OM$, according as $OM$~is less than, equal to, or greater than the linear unit.", "markdown": "As $O$ moves towards $A$, the point $P$ will, by its motion on $MP$, compounded with the motion of the line $MP$ itself, describe a curve $OP$, in which $PM$ is less than, equal to, or greater than, $OM$, according as $OM$ is less than, equal to, or greater than the linear unit.", "why": "It describes how a rule relating y to x traces a curve, a vivid picture a 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conversely it may be proved by any number of examples, that when an equation in which $a$ occurs has been deduced strictly on the supposition that $a$ is a line measured in one direction, a change of sign in $a$ will turn the equation into that which would have been deduced by the same reasoning, had we begun by measuring the line $a$ in the contrary direction.", "why": "It states the central rule plainly: flipping the sign of a symbol is the same as reversing the direction of its line, so a learner can see why signs carry geometric meaning.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/negative-direction", "concept/sign" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-84547d81c6", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-the-connexion-of-the-signs-of-algebraical-and-the-directions-of-geometrical-magnitudes", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "32", "location": "On the Connexion of the Signs of Algebraical and the Directions of Geometrical Magnitudes", "latex": "Hence the equation $ay + bx = ab$ belongs to all parts of the straight line~$EF$, if we agree to consider $M''P''$ as negative, when $MP$~is positive, and $OM'$~as negative when $OM$~is positive.", "markdown": "Hence the equation $ay + bx = ab$ belongs to all parts of the straight line $EF$, if we agree to consider $M''P''$ as negative, when $MP$ is positive, and $OM'$ as negative when $OM$ is positive.", "why": "It shows a learner the agreement that makes one equation cover every part of a line, which is the heart of using signed coordinates.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/cartesian-coordinates", "concept/line", "concept/sign" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-f99c8a41e0", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-the-connexion-of-the-signs-of-algebraical-and-the-directions-of-geometrical-magnitudes", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "35", "location": "On the Connexion of the Signs of Algebraical and the Directions of Geometrical Magnitudes", "latex": "In this manner, if four points be taken similarly situated in the four angles, the numerical values of whose co-ordinates are $x = 4$ and $y = 6$, and if the co-ordinates of that point which lies in the angle~$AOB$, are called $+4$ and~$+6$; those of the points lying in the angle~$BOC$ will be $-4$~and~$+6$; in the angle~$COD$ $-4$~and~$-6$; and in the angle~$DOE$ $+4$~and~$-6$.", "markdown": "In this manner, if four points be taken similarly situated in the four angles, the numerical values of whose co-ordinates are $x = 4$ and $y = 6$, and if the co-ordinates of that point which lies in the angle $AOB$, are called $+4$ and $+6$; those of the points lying in the angle $BOC$ will be $-4$ and $+6$; in the angle $COD$ $-4$ and $-6$; and in the angle $DOE$ $+4$ and $-6$.", "why": "It gives a concrete table of signs for the four angles, so a learner can check the sign pattern of coordinates quadrant by quadrant.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/cartesian-coordinates", "concept/sign" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-58078c3273", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-the-connexion-of-the-signs-of-algebraical-and-the-directions-of-geometrical-magnitudes", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "33", "location": "On the Connexion of the Signs of Algebraical and the Directions of Geometrical Magnitudes", "latex": "The latter method is preferable, inasmuch as it enables us to contain, in one investigation, all the different cases of a problem.", "markdown": "The latter method is preferable, inasmuch as it enables us to contain, in one investigation, all the different cases of a problem.", "why": "It explains why a signed general equation is better than separate calculations for each case, a useful point about method choice.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/sign" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-c35fd79311", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-the-connexion-of-the-signs-of-algebraical-and-the-directions-of-geometrical-magnitudes", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "33", "location": "On the Connexion of the Signs of Algebraical and the Directions of Geometrical Magnitudes", "latex": "Thus, if $OE = 4$, and $OF = 5$, and $OM = 1$, we can determine~$MP$ from the equation $ay + bx = ab$, or $4y + 5 = 20$, which gives $y$~or $MP = 3\\frac{3}{4}$.", "markdown": "Thus, if $OE = 4$, and $OF = 5$, and $OM = 1$, we can determine $MP$ from the equation $ay + bx = ab$, or $4y + 5 = 20$, which gives $y$ or $MP = 3\\frac{3}{4}$.", "why": "It is a short numerical example in which a learner can follow every step from the general equation to a single value.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/line", "concept/negative-direction" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-5f0f367225", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-on-the-connexion-of-the-signs-of-algebraical-and-the-directions-of-geometrical-magnitudes", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "36", "location": "On the Connexion of the Signs of Algebraical and the Directions of Geometrical Magnitudes", "latex": "And thus, if $y$ be any function of~$x$, we can obtain a geometrical representation of the same, by making $y$ the ordinate, and $x$~the abscissa of a curve, every ordinate of which shall be the linear representation of the numerical value of the given function corresponding to the numerical value of the abscissa, the linear unit being a given line.", "markdown": "And thus, if $y$ be any function of $x$, we can obtain a geometrical representation of the same, by making $y$ the ordinate, and $x$ the abscissa of a curve, every ordinate of which shall be the linear representation of the numerical value of the given function corresponding to the numerical value of the abscissa, the linear unit being a given line.", "why": "It states in one sentence the idea of drawing a function as a curve, which is the origin of the graph for a general reader.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/abscissa", "concept/function", "concept/graph-of-a-function", "concept/ordinate" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-fae104f011", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-drawing-of-a-tangent-to-a-curve", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "37", "location": "The Drawing of a Tangent to a Curve", "latex": "The line~$TPV$ indicates the direction in which the point~$P$ is proceeding, and is called the \\emph{tangent} of the curve at the point~$P$.", "markdown": "The line $TPV$ indicates the direction in which the point $P$ is proceeding, and is called the *tangent* of the curve at the point $P$.", "why": "It gives the plain definition of the tangent as the line showing the direction of motion at a point.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/tangent" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-d6648d2d48", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-the-drawing-of-a-tangent-to-a-curve", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "37", "location": "The Drawing of a Tangent to a Curve", "latex": "If, therefore, a line~$PV$ be drawn through~$P$, making with~$PQ$ an angle whose tangent is~$2x$, the chord~$PP'$ will, as $P'$~approaches towards~$P$, or as $dx$~is diminished, continually approximate towards~$PV$, so that the angle~$P'PV$ may be made smaller than any given angle, by sufficiently diminishing~$dx$.", "markdown": "If, therefore, a line $PV$ be drawn through $P$, making with $PQ$ an angle whose tangent is $2x$, the chord $PP'$ will, as $P'$ approaches towards $P$, or as $dx$ is diminished, continually approximate towards $PV$, so that the angle $P'PV$ may be made smaller than any given angle, by sufficiently diminishing $dx$.", "why": "It shows how the chord through two nearby points closes onto the tangent as the small increment shrinks, which is the idea behind the limit.", 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This is possible, since on any line a figure may be constructed similar to a given figure.", "markdown": "However the original arc may be diminished, let the magnified base continue of a given length. This is possible, since on any line a figure may be constructed similar to a given figure.", "why": "It shows learners how magnifying a shrinking arch keeps the picture fixed, which makes the idea of an infinitely small arc concrete.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/arc-of-a-curve", "concept/infinitesimal" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-2f0539dd99", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-rational-explanation-of-the-language-of-leibnitz", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "39", "location": "Rational Explanation of the Language of Leibnitz", "latex": "All which must be interpreted to mean that, the chord and arc being diminished, approach more and more nearly to a ratio of equality as to their lengths; and also that the greatest separation between an arc and its chord may be made as small a part as we please of the 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ed., 1899", "page": "41", "location": "Rational Explanation of the Language of Leibnitz", "latex": "Hence $PQ$~can be taken so small that $VQ$~shall contain~$VP'$ as often as we please, or the ratio of $VQ$ to~$VP'$ shall be as great as we please.", "markdown": "Hence $PQ$ can be taken so small that $VQ$ shall contain $VP'$ as often as we please, or the ratio of $VQ$ to $VP'$ shall be as great as we please.", "why": "It shows the tangent-line term dominating the remainder as the step shrinks, which is the core of the argument.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/infinitesimal", "concept/tangent" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-f217b8fbac", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-rational-explanation-of-the-language-of-leibnitz", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "40", "location": "Rational Explanation of the Language of Leibnitz", "latex": "Let $PP'$ (\\Fig{4}) be a part of a curve, whose equation is $y = \\phi(x)$, that is, $PM$~may always be found by substituting the numerical value of~$OM$ in a given function of~$x$.", "markdown": "Let $PP'$ (4) be a part of a curve, whose equation is $y = \\phi(x)$, that is, $PM$ may always be found by substituting the numerical value of $OM$ in a given function of $x$.", "why": "It shows learners how a curve's equation is read as a function, which sets up the increment and tangent work that follows.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/curve", "concept/function-notation" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-5993730d2d", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-orders-of-infinity", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "43", "location": "Orders of Infinity", "latex": "In the language of Leibnitz if $h$~be an 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infinitely small arc of a circle is a straight line perpendicular to its radius; hence $A'aA$ and $BbB'$ are right-angled triangles, the first similar to $BOA$, the two having the angle $A$ in common, and the second similar to $B'OA'$.", "why": "It shows how a small arc is replaced by a perpendicular to its radius, producing right triangles that are similar to the figure's triangles.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/arc-of-a-circle", "concept/perpendicular", "concept/right-triangle", "concept/similarity" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-dd41dee829", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-an-illustration-from-dynamics-velocity-acceleration-etc", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "52", "location": "An Illustration from Dynamics: Velocity, Acceleration, etc", "latex": "The number of units of length described in a unit 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"An Illustration from Dynamics: Velocity, Acceleration, etc", "latex": "That is, at the end of four seconds a falling body moves at the rate of $128\\frac{2}{3}$~feet per~second.", "markdown": "That is, at the end of four seconds a falling body moves at the rate of $128\\frac{2}{3}$ feet per second.", "why": "A worked numerical result that shows the derivative of distance giving velocity for falling bodies.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/derivative", "concept/falling-bodies", "quantity/velocity" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-2c44cc7b3f", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-simple-harmonic-motion", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "58", "location": "Simple Harmonic Motion", "latex": "But if $d\\theta$ be taken sufficiently small, $\\sin d\\theta$, and~$d\\theta$, may be made as nearly in a ratio of 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changes the velocity from $50$ to $70$ feet per second, is twice as great as one which changes it from $50$ to $60$ feet.", "why": "A concrete numerical example that makes the idea of an impulse proportional to the velocity change easy to grasp.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/impulse", "quantity/velocity" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-979d409a70", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-accelerated-motion", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "61", "location": "Accelerated Motion", "latex": "It is said to act uniformly, when the velocity acquired by the point in any one interval of time is the same as that acquired in any other interval of equal duration.", "markdown": "It is said to act uniformly, when the velocity acquired by the point in any one interval of time is the same as that acquired in any other interval 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$0$ to $v$ in that time.", "why": "Shows how a limit of finer and finer subdivisions gives the exact distance travelled, the step that introduces the calculus idea.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/limit", "concept/uniformly-accelerated-motion", "quantity/length" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-fe68745400", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-accelerated-motion", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "61", "location": "Accelerated Motion", "latex": "\\emph{Force} is a name given to that which causes a change in the velocity of a body.", "markdown": "*Force* is a name given to that which causes a change in the velocity of a body.", "why": "Gives learners the plain meaning of force as whatever changes a body's velocity, before any formula appears.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "quantity/force", "quantity/velocity" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-a480a8a8a5", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-accelerated-motion", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "61", "location": "Accelerated Motion", "latex": "It is plain that we cannot, by supposing any succession of impulses, however small, and however quickly repeated, arrive at a uniformly accelerated motion; because the length described between any two impulses will be uniformly described, which is inconsistent with the idea of continually accelerated velocity.", "markdown": "It is plain that we cannot, by supposing any succession of impulses, however small, and however quickly repeated, arrive at a uniformly accelerated motion; because the length described between any two impulses will be uniformly described, which is inconsistent with the idea of continually accelerated velocity.", "why": "Shows why a string of sudden impulses can never give smooth acceleration, which is the reason the chapter needs a limiting argument.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/impulse", "concept/uniformly-accelerated-motion" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-65135efea0", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-accelerated-motion", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "62", "location": "Accelerated Motion", "latex": "In this substitute $v$ for~$nv'$, and $t$ for~$nt'$, which gives for the space described $\\frac{1}{2}v(t + t')$. The smaller we suppose~$t'$, the more nearly will this approach to~$\\frac{1}{2}vt$.", "markdown": "In this substitute $v$ for $nv'$, and $t$ for $nt'$, which gives for the space described $\\frac{1}{2}v(t + t')$. The smaller we suppose $t'$, the more nearly will this approach to $\\frac{1}{2}vt$.", "why": "Shows a learner how a finite sum is pushed toward a limit by making the subdivision finer, which is the core idea of the chapter.", "use": [ "lesson", "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/approximation", "concept/limit" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-1d77e70501", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-accelerated-motion", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "65", "location": "Accelerated Motion", "latex": "And it must be observed that $6t$~is the differential coefficient of~$3t^{2}$, or the coefficient of~$dt$, in the development of~$3(t + dt)^{2}$.", "markdown": "And it must be observed that $6t$ is the differential coefficient of $3t^{2}$, or the coefficient of $dt$, in the development of $3(t + dt)^{2}$.", "why": "Shows that the accelerating force is the coefficient of dt in the expansion, which is how a derivative is read off from an expansion; source typos in the velocity table (the C-line term 3(t + 2dt)^3 should read ^2, and the velocity at A printed as 3t^{3} should read 3t^2) are left as printed, not corrected here.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/coefficient", "concept/derivative", "concept/differential" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-4fabc915b5", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-accelerated-motion", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "64", "location": "Accelerated Motion", "latex": "But as the terms involving $(dt)^{2}$ in the velocities, etc., cannot be rejected without error, the above supposition of a uniform force cannot be made.", "markdown": "But as the terms involving $(dt)^{2}$ in the velocities, etc., cannot be 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"location": "Limiting Ratios of Magnitudes that Increase Without Limit", "latex": "Hence $\\dfrac{(x + 1)^{m}}{x^{m}} = 1 + \\dfrac{mx^{m-1} + \\etc.}{x^{m}}$, the numerator of which last fraction decreases indefinitely as compared with its denominator.", "markdown": "Hence $\\dfrac{(x + 1)^{m}}{x^{m}} = 1 + \\dfrac{mx^{m-1} + \\etc.}{x^{m}}$, the numerator of which last fraction decreases indefinitely as compared with its denominator.", "why": "It gives the reason that (x+1)^m over x^m tends to one, in a form a learner can check line by line.", "use": [ "lesson", "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/limit", "concept/ratio" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-6ad0cd8e6f", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-limiting-ratios-of-magnitudes-that-increase-without-limit", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "66", "location": "Limiting 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$\\phi' x$, that $\\phi' x$ is from $\\phi x$; viz., that in like manner as $\\phi' x$ is the coefficient of $dx$ in the development of $\\phi(x + dx)$, so $\\phi'' x$ is the coefficient of $dx$ in the development of $\\phi'(x + dx)$; similarly $\\phi''' x$ is the coefficient of $dx$ in the development of $\\phi''(x + dx)$, and so on.", "why": "It shows how each higher derivative is found by repeating the same coefficient procedure on the previous one.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/coefficient", "concept/derivative", "concept/higher-order-derivative" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-5d0244ec86", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-recapitulation-of-results-reached-in-the-theory-of-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "74", "location": "Recapitulation of Results Reached in the Theory of Functions", "latex": "That in every case which occurs in practice, $dx$~may be taken so small, that any term of the series above written may be made to contain the aggregate of those which follow, as often as we please; whence, though $\\phi' x\\, dx$~is not the actual increment produced by changing~$x$ into~$x + dx$ in the function~$\\phi x$, yet, by taking $dx$ sufficiently small, it may be brought as near as we please to a ratio of equality with the actual increment.", "markdown": "That in every case which occurs in practice, $dx$ may be taken so small, that any term of the series above written may be made to contain the aggregate of those which follow, as often as we please; whence, though $\\phi' x\\, dx$ is not the actual increment produced by changing $x$ into $x + dx$ in the function $\\phi x$, yet, by taking $dx$ sufficiently small, it may be brought as near as we please to a ratio of equality with the actual increment.", "why": "It explains that the differential is not the true increment 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"de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-6f0cc4ce85", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-approximations-by-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "75", "location": "Approximations by the Differential Calculus", "latex": "These last are in the proportion of $h$ to~$k$, and hence results a proposition of the utmost importance in every practical application of mathematics, viz., that if two different, but small, errors be committed in the valuation of any quantity, the errors arising therefrom at the end of any process, in which both the supposed values of~$x$ are successively adopted, are very nearly in the proportion of the errors committed at the beginning.", "markdown": "These last are in the proportion of $h$ to $k$, and hence results a proposition of the utmost importance in every practical application of mathematics, 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Calculus", "latex": "The errors of the hypothenuse are then $.0008$ and $.0016$ nearly; and these last are in the proportion of $.001$ and~$.002$.", "markdown": "The errors of the hypothenuse are then $.0008$ and $.0016$ nearly; and these last are in the proportion of $.001$ and $.002$.", "why": "It gives the numerical result of the triangle example, showing the proportional-error principle in action.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/hypotenuse", "theorem/propagation-of-small-errors" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-c7974cf3ad", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-approximations-by-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "76", "location": "Approximations by the Differential Calculus", "latex": "It also follows, that if $x$~increase by successive equal steps, any function of~$x$ will, for a few steps, increase so nearly in the same manner, that the supposition of such an increase will not be materially wrong.", "markdown": "It also follows, that if $x$ increase by successive equal steps, any function of $x$ will, for a few steps, increase so nearly in the same manner, that the supposition of such an increase will not be materially wrong.", "why": "It explains why a function changing in equal small steps grows almost linearly over a short range, which gives the learner an intuition for linear approximation.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/function", "concept/increment", "method/linear-approximation" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-437fc7e689", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-approximations-by-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "76", "location": "Approximations by the Differential Calculus", "latex": "The sun's longitude is a function of the time; that is, the number of years and days from a given epoch being given, and called~$x$, the sun's longitude can be found by an algebraical expression which may be called~$\\phi x$.", "markdown": "The sun’s longitude is a function of the time; that is, the number of years and days from a given epoch being given, and called $x$, the sun’s longitude can be found by an algebraical expression which may be called $\\phi x$.", "why": "It shows a physical quantity treated as a function of time, which makes the abstract function notation concrete for a learner.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/function", "quantity/solar-longitude", "quantity/time" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-96304af24a", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-approximations-by-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "76", "location": "Approximations by the Differential Calculus", "latex": "And even for this interval, though it can hardly be called \\emph{small} in an astronomical point of view, the increments or decrements will be found so nearly the same for four or five days together, as to enable the student to form an idea how much more near they would be to equality, if the interval had been less, say one hour instead of twenty-four.", "markdown": "And even for this interval, though it can hardly be called *small* in an astronomical point of view, the increments or decrements will be found so nearly the same for four or five days together, as to enable the student to form an idea how much more near they would be to equality, if the interval had been less, say one hour instead of twenty-four.", "why": "It is a vivid, period-flavoured remark that invites the learner to imagine shrinking the step size and see the increments become more nearly equal.", "use": [ "history", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/approximation", "concept/increment" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-2d73479cca", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-solution-of-equations-by-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "77", "location": "Solution of Equations by the Differential Calculus", "latex": "Let $a + h$ be the real value, in which $h$~will be a small quantity. It follows that $\\phi(a + h) = 0$, or, which is nearly true, $\\phi a + \\phi' a\\, h = 0$.", "markdown": "Let $a + h$ be the real value, in which $h$ will be a small quantity. It follows that $\\phi(a + h) = 0$, or, which is nearly true, $\\phi a + \\phi' a\\, h = 0$.", "why": "It shows the reasoning behind the correction step: expanding phi(a + h) to first order gives the linear equation that determines h.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/derivative", "method/newton-s-method" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-6434bd59fe", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-solution-of-equations-by-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "77", "location": "Solution of Equations by the Differential Calculus", "latex": "For example, let $x^{2} + x - 4 = 0$ be the equation. Here $\\phi x = x^{2} + x - 4$, and $\\phi(x + h) = (x + h)^{2} + x + h - 4 = x^{2} + x - 4 + (2x + 1)h + h^{2}$; so that $\\phi' x = 2x + 1$.", "markdown": "For example, let $x^{2} + x - 4 = 0$ be the equation. Here $\\phi x = x^{2} + x - 4$, and $\\phi(x + h) = (x + h)^{2} + x + h - 4 = x^{2} + x - 4 + (2x + 1)h + h^{2}$; so that $\\phi' x = 2x + 1$.", "why": "It works a concrete example, letting a learner see where the derivative 2x + 1 comes from by expanding and collecting terms in h.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/derivative", "concept/function", "concept/function-notation" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-e4f1657e50", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-solution-of-equations-by-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "77", "location": "Solution of Equations by the Differential Calculus", "latex": "A near value of~$x$ is~$1.57$; let this be~$a$. Then $\\phi a = .0349$, and $\\phi' a = 4.14$. Hence $-\\dfrac{\\phi a}{\\phi' a} = -.00843$.", "markdown": "A near value of $x$ is $1.57$; let this be $a$. Then $\\phi a = .0349$, and $\\phi' a = 4.14$. Hence $-\\dfrac{\\phi a}{\\phi' a} = -.00843$.", "why": "It runs one full correction numerically, so a learner can follow each number through to the improved estimate.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/approximation", "method/newton-s-method" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-6e57f96a72", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-solution-of-equations-by-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "77", "location": "Solution of Equations by the Differential Calculus", "latex": "If we proceed in the same way with~$1.5616$, we shall find a still nearer value of~$x$, viz., $1.561553$.", "markdown": "If we proceed in the same way with $1.5616$, we shall find a still nearer value of $x$, viz., $1.561553$.", "why": "It shows that the method can be repeated, with each pass giving a closer value of the root.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/approximation", "method/newton-s-method" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-517d1d9413", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-solution-of-equations-by-the-differential-calculus", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "78", "location": "Solution of Equations by the Differential Calculus", "latex": "We have here chosen an equation of the second degree, in order that the student may be able to verify the result in the common way; it is, however, obvious that the same method may be applied to equations of higher degrees, and even to those which are not to be treated by common algebraical method, such as $\\tan x = ax$.", "markdown": "We have here chosen an equation of the second degree, in order that the student may be able to verify the result in the common way; it is, however, obvious that the same method may be applied to equations of higher degrees, and even to those which are not to be treated by common algebraical method, such as $\\tan x = ax$.", "why": "It tells the learner why the example is quadratic (so the answer can be checked by ordinary algebra) and that the method also reaches equations algebra cannot solve, such as tan x = ax.", "use": [ "history", "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/degree", "concept/equation", "method/newton-s-method" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-86684b0135", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-partial-and-total-differentials", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "80", "location": "Partial and Total Differentials", "latex": "Therefore the numerator of each of the fractions $\\dfrac{p}{a}$,~$\\dfrac{p}{b}$, and~$\\dfrac{p}{c}$, must never be separated from its denominator, because the value of the former depends, in part, upon the latter; and one~$p$ cannot be distinguished from another without its denominator.", "markdown": "Therefore the numerator of each of the fractions $\\dfrac{p}{a}$, $\\dfrac{p}{b}$, and $\\dfrac{p}{c}$, must never be separated from its denominator, because the value of the former depends, in part, upon the latter; and one $p$ cannot be distinguished from another without its denominator.", "why": "It warns the learner that a derivative symbol is one inseparable unit, so the numerator must never be cancelled away from its denominator.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/denominator", "concept/mathematical-notation", "concept/numerator", "concept/partial-derivative" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-5a01cc731b", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-partial-and-total-differentials", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "81", "location": "Partial and Total Differentials", "latex": "The last equation gives a striking illustration of the method of notation. Treated according to the common rules of algebra, it is $du = du + du$, which is absurd, but which appears rational when we recollect that the second~$du$ arises from a change in $x$~only, the third from a change in $y$~only, and the first from a change in both.", "markdown": "The last equation gives a striking illustration of the method of notation. Treated according to the common rules of algebra, it is $du = du + du$, which is absurd, but which appears rational when we recollect that the second $du$ arises from a change in $x$ only, the third from a change in $y$ only, and the first from a change in both.", "why": "It gives a vivid picture of why the same symbol du can mean three different increments without contradiction.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/differential", "concept/mathematical-notation", "concept/total-differential" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-4cbe7b1bfb", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-partial-and-total-differentials", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "82", "location": "Partial and Total Differentials", "latex": "The symbol $\\phi(x, y)$ must not be confounded with~$\\phi(xy)$. The former represents any function of $x$~and~$y$; the latter a function in which $x$~and~$y$ only enter so far as they are contained in their product.", "markdown": "The symbol $\\phi(x, y)$ must not be confounded with $\\phi(xy)$. The former represents any function of $x$ and $y$; the latter a function in which $x$ and $y$ only enter so far as they are contained in their product.", "why": "It teaches the learner that a function written with a special form is only a particular case of a general function of the same variables.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/function", "concept/variable" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-4cf9d381fc", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-partial-and-total-differentials", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "80", "location": "Partial and Total Differentials", "latex": "Neither are we allowed to say that $\\dfrac{p}{a}$ divided by~$\\dfrac{p}{b}$ is~$\\dfrac{b}{a}$; for this supposes that $p$~means the same thing in both quantities.", "markdown": "Neither are we allowed to say that $\\dfrac{p}{a}$ divided by $\\dfrac{p}{b}$ is $\\dfrac{b}{a}$; for this supposes that $p$ means the same thing in both quantities.", "why": "It warns against cancelling a symbol whose meaning depends on its denominator, a common error with differential notation.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/mathematical-notation", "concept/partial-derivative", "method/division" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-380152ec4a", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-partial-and-total-differentials", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "83", "location": "Partial and Total Differentials", "latex": "The \\emph{etc.}\\ is the representative of an infinite series of terms, the aggregate of which diminishes continually with respect to $dp$,~$dq$,~etc., as the latter are diminished, and which, therefore, has no effect on the \\emph{limit} of the ratio of~$d.z$ to any other quantity.", "markdown": "The *etc.* is the representative of an infinite series of terms, the aggregate of which diminishes continually with respect to $dp$, $dq$, etc., as the latter are diminished, and which, therefore, has no effect on the *limit* of the ratio of $d.z$ to any other quantity.", "why": "It explains in plain terms why the omitted higher-order terms do not affect the limit that the calculus is seeking.", "use": [ "lesson", "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/infinitesimal", "concept/limit", "concept/total-differential" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-722801497c", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-partial-and-total-differentials", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "79", "location": "Partial and Total Differentials", "latex": "in which, however, it must be remembered, that $du$~does not stand for the same thing in any two of the three equations: it is true that it always represents an increment of~$u$, but as far as we have yet gone, we have used it indifferently, whether the increment of~$u$ was the result of a change in $x$~only, or $y$~only, or both together.", "markdown": "in which, however, it must be remembered, that $du$ does not stand for the same thing in any two of the three equations: it is true that it always represents an increment of $u$, but as far as we have yet gone, we have used it indifferently, whether the increment of $u$ was the result of a change in $x$ only, or $y$ only, or both together.", "why": "It shows the learner that a single symbol can be used loosely until a clearer notation is needed to tell its cases apart.", "use": [ "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/differential", "concept/increment", "concept/total-differential" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-1b5cf29bd6", "chapter": 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simple formulæ.", "why": "It shows the practical procedure of isolating each error in turn, a method a learner can copy in any measurement problem.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/error-of-measurement", "instrument/transit-instrument" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-b788dc34d7", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-application-of-the-theorem-for-total-differentials-to-the-determination-of-total-resultant-errors", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "85", "location": "Application of the Theorem for Total Differentials to the Determination of Total Resultant Errors", "latex": "The effect of all the errors will then be the sum of the effects of each separate error, at least with sufficient accuracy for practical purposes.", "markdown": "The effect of all the errors will then be the sum of the effects of each separate 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Here $dy = a^{x}\\log a\\, dx$ where the logarithm (as is always the case in analysis, except where the contrary is specially mentioned) is the Naperian or hyperbolic logarithm.", "markdown": "(2) $y = a^{x}$. Here $dy = a^{x}\\log a\\, dx$ where the logarithm (as is always the case in analysis, except where the contrary is specially mentioned) is the Naperian or hyperbolic logarithm.", "why": "It states the convention that log means the natural logarithm in analysis, which a learner needs before reading any exponential derivative.", "use": [ "lesson", "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/exponential-function", "concept/natural-logarithm" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-0ddc2aa34e", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-rules-for-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "86", "location": "Rules for Differentiation", "latex": "$y = \\log x$ (the Naperian logarithm). Here $dy = \\dfrac{dx}{x}$.", "markdown": "$y = \\log x$ (the Naperian logarithm). 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"edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "87", "location": "Illustration of the Rules for Differentiation", "latex": "These examples may serve to show how nearly the real ratio of two increments approaches to their limit, when the increments themselves are small.", "markdown": "These examples may serve to show how nearly the real ratio of two increments approaches to their limit, when the increments themselves are small.", "why": "It states the central idea of the chapter: a ratio of increments approaches its limit as the increments shrink.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/increment", "concept/limit", "concept/ratio" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-452dd44f98", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-differential-coefficients-of-differential-coefficients", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new 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"de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "88", "location": "Differential Coefficients of Differential Coefficients", "latex": "We have already had occasion to notice these successive differential coefficients in \\PageRef{22}, where it appears that $\\phi' x$~being the first differential coefficient of~$\\phi x$, $\\phi'' x$~is the coefficient of~$h$ in the development $\\phi'(x + h)$, and is therefore the differential coefficient of~$\\phi' x$, or what we have called the second differential coefficient of~$\\phi x$.", "markdown": "We have already had occasion to notice these successive differential coefficients in 22, where it appears that $\\phi' x$ being the first differential coefficient of $\\phi x$, $\\phi'' x$ is the coefficient of $h$ in the development $\\phi'(x + h)$, and is therefore the differential coefficient of $\\phi' x$, or what we have called the second differential coefficient of $\\phi x$.", "why": "It links the second derivative to the coefficient of h in the expansion of phi'(x + h), giving a concrete meaning to the notation.", "use": [ "lesson", "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/derivative", "concept/higher-order-derivative" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-22ba1963fd", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-differential-coefficients-of-differential-coefficients", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "88", "location": "Differential Coefficients of Differential Coefficients", "latex": "In order to avoid so cumbrous a system of notation, the following symbols are usually preferred,", "markdown": "In order to avoid so cumbrous a system of notation, the following symbols are usually preferred,", "why": "It explains why the compact d^2y/dx^2 form replaced the nested fractions, a useful point about notation for learners to remember.", "use": [ "lesson", "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/higher-order-derivative", "concept/mathematical-notation" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-97622ff023", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-calculus-of-finite-differences-successive-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "89", "location": "Calculus of Finite Differences. Successive Differentiation", "latex": "The symbol~$\\Delta x$ is called the \\emph{difference} of~$x$, being the difference between the value of the variable~$x$, before and after its increase.", "markdown": "The symbol $\\Delta x$ is called the *difference* of $x$, being the difference between the value of the variable $x$, before and after its increase.", "why": "It gives the learner a plain definition of the difference Delta x as the change in the variable across one step.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/difference" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-1a32f30e91", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-calculus-of-finite-differences-successive-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "90", "location": "Calculus of Finite Differences. Successive Differentiation", "latex": "And the student must recollect, that in like manner as $\\Delta$~is not the symbol of a number, but of an operation, so $\\Delta^{2}$~does not denote a number multiplied by itself, but an operation repeated upon its own result; just as the logarithm of the logarithm of~$x$ might be written $\\log^{2} x$; $(\\log x)^{2}$~being reserved to signify the square of the logarithm of~$x$.", "markdown": "And the student must recollect, that in like manner as $\\Delta$ is not the symbol of a number, but of an operation, so $\\Delta^{2}$ does not denote a number multiplied by itself, but an operation repeated upon its own result; just as the logarithm of the logarithm of $x$ might be written $\\log^{2} x$; $(\\log x)^{2}$ being reserved to signify the square of the logarithm of $x$.", "why": "It warns the learner that Delta squared names a repeated operation, not a squared number, and compares it with log squared.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/higher-order-difference", "concept/mathematical-notation", "concept/operation" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-cea321d8f1", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-calculus-of-finite-differences-successive-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "89", "location": "Calculus of Finite Differences. Successive Differentiation", "latex": "If $y$~be a function which decreases when $x$~is increased, $y_{1} - y$, or $\\Delta y$ is negative.", "markdown": "If $y$ be a function which decreases when $x$ is increased, $y_{1} - y$, or $\\Delta y$ is negative.", "why": "It shows that a decreasing function gives a negative difference, which makes the sign of a difference meaningful.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/decrement", "concept/difference" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-8c38b46153", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-calculus-of-finite-differences-successive-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "90", "location": "Calculus of Finite Differences. Successive Differentiation", "latex": "And as we have denoted the operation which deduces the second column from the first by~$\\Delta$, so that which deduces the third from the second may be denoted by~$\\Delta\\Delta$, which is abbreviated into~$\\Delta^{2}$.", "markdown": "And as we have denoted the operation which deduces the second column from the first by $\\Delta$, so that which deduces the third from the second may be denoted by $\\Delta\\Delta$, which is abbreviated into $\\Delta^{2}$.", "why": "It explains in one sentence how the repeated difference columns of a table acquire their notation.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/calculus-of-finite-differences", "concept/higher-order-difference" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-948378a4a7", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-calculus-of-finite-differences-successive-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "92", "location": "Calculus of Finite Differences. Successive Differentiation", "latex": "Hence we have a succession of ratios $\\dfrac{dy}{dx}$, $\\dfrac{d^{2} y}{dx^{2}}$, $\\dfrac{d^{3} y}{dx^{3}}$, etc., which tend towards finite limits when $dx$~is diminished.", "markdown": "Hence we have a succession of ratios $\\dfrac{dy}{dx}$, $\\dfrac{d^{2} y}{dx^{2}}$, $\\dfrac{d^{3} y}{dx^{3}}$, etc., which tend towards finite limits when $dx$ is diminished.", "why": "It links the successive ratios dy/dx, d2y/dx2 and so on to the idea of a limit, which is the core of higher-order derivatives.", "use": [ "lesson", "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/derivative", "concept/higher-order-derivative", "concept/limit" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-dd489a7eaa", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-calculus-of-finite-differences-successive-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "93", "location": "Calculus of Finite Differences. Successive Differentiation", "latex": "Write $dx$ for~$\\Delta x$, etc., and recollect that $h - dx$, $h - 2\\, dx$, etc., continually approximate to~$h$.", "markdown": "Write $dx$ for $\\Delta x$, etc., and recollect that $h - dx$, $h - 2\\, dx$, etc., continually approximate to $h$.", "why": "It explains in plain terms why the steps can be made smaller without changing the result, which is the reasoning behind Taylor's series.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/approximation", "concept/limit", "theorem/taylor-s-theorem" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-cce5c84c3b", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-total-and-partial-differential-coefficients-implicit-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "96", "location": "Total and Partial Differential Coefficients. Implicit Differentiation", "latex": "Generally, the complete differential coefficient of~$z$ with respect to~$x$, will contain as many terms as there are different ways in which $z$ contains~$x$. From looking at a complete differential coefficient, we may see in what manner the function contained its variable.", "markdown": "Generally, the complete differential coefficient of $z$ with respect to $x$, will contain as many terms as there are different ways in which $z$ contains $x$. From looking at a complete differential coefficient, we may see in what manner the function contained its variable.", "why": "It tells the learner how to read a total derivative: each term corresponds to one route by which the function depends on the variable.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/function", "concept/total-differential" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-a0f72cc48f", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-total-and-partial-differential-coefficients-implicit-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "100", "location": "Total and Partial Differential Coefficients. Implicit Differentiation", "latex": "Find the differential coefficient belonging to each of the ways in which $z$ will contain~$x$, as if it were the only way; the sum of these results (with their proper signs) will be the total differential coefficient.", "markdown": "Find the differential coefficient belonging to each of the ways in which $z$ will contain $x$, as if it were the only way; the sum of these results (with their proper signs) will be the total differential coefficient.", "why": "It states the procedure in one sentence: differentiate along each route separately, then add the results.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/partial-differential", "concept/total-differential", "method/implicit-differentiation" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-4d168900a3", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-total-and-partial-differential-coefficients-implicit-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "99", "location": "Total and Partial Differential Coefficients. Implicit Differentiation", "latex": "In saying that $z$~is a function of $x$~and~$y$, and that $y$~is a function of~$x$, we have first supposed~$x$ to vary, $y$~remaining the same. The student must not imagine that $y$~is \\emph{then} a function of~$x$; for if so, it would vary when $x$~varied.", "markdown": "In saying that $z$ is a function of $x$ and $y$, and that $y$ is a function of $x$, we have first supposed $x$ to vary, $y$ remaining the same. The student must not imagine that $y$ is *then* a function of $x$; for if so, it would vary when $x$ varied.", "why": "It warns the learner against the common mistake of letting y change with x during the partial step, which would double-count the indirect route.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/indirect-function", "concept/partial-differential", "concept/variable" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-f6b0394639", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-total-and-partial-differential-coefficients-implicit-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "100", "location": "Total and Partial Differential Coefficients. Implicit Differentiation", "latex": "let $z = \\log(x^{2} + a^{2})$. If we make $y = x^{2} + a^{2}$, we have $z = \\log y$, and $\\dfrac{dz}{dy} = \\dfrac{1}{y}$; while from the first equation $\\dfrac{dy}{dx} = 2x$.", "markdown": "let $z = \\log(x^{2} + a^{2})$. If we make $y = x^{2} + a^{2}$, we have $z = \\log y$, and $\\dfrac{dz}{dy} = \\dfrac{1}{y}$; while from the first equation $\\dfrac{dy}{dx} = 2x$.", "why": "It shows the method on a short example: introduce an intermediate variable, differentiate each link, and multiply the results.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/derivative", "concept/logarithm", "method/implicit-differentiation" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-6c0fe33a3d", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-total-and-partial-differential-coefficients-implicit-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "100", "location": "Total and Partial Differential Coefficients. Implicit Differentiation", "latex": "If $z = \\log\\log\\sin x$, or the logarithm of the logarithm of~$\\sin x$, let $\\sin x = y$ and $\\log y = a$; whence $z= \\log a$, and contains~$x$, because $a$ contains~$y$, which contains~$x$.", "markdown": "If $z = \\log\\log\\sin x$, or the logarithm of the logarithm of $\\sin x$, let $\\sin x = y$ and $\\log y = a$; whence $z= \\log a$, and contains $x$, because $a$ contains $y$, which contains $x$.", "why": "It shows a chain of three intermediate quantities, so the learner can see how each link adds one factor to the total derivative.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/indirect-function", "concept/logarithm", "method/implicit-differentiation" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-746a6d3021", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-total-and-partial-differential-coefficients-implicit-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "97", "location": "Total and Partial Differential Coefficients. Implicit Differentiation", "latex": "When $x$~is contained in~$y$, and $y$~is contained in~$z$, we shall say that $z$~is an indirect function of~$x$ \\emph{through}~$y$.", "markdown": "When $x$ is contained in $y$, and $y$ is contained in $z$, we shall say that $z$ is an indirect function of $x$ *through* $y$.", "why": "It gives the chapter's precise meaning of an indirect function, which the rest of the argument depends on.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/indirect-function", "concept/variable" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-d633470383", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-applications-of-the-theorem-for-implicit-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "101", "location": "Applications of the Theorem for Implicit Differentiation", "latex": "We must leave $\\dfrac{da}{dx}$ and $\\dfrac{db}{dx}$ as we find them, until we\nknow \\emph{what} functions $a$~and~$b$ are of~$x$; but as we\nknow what function $z$~is of $a$~and~$b$, we substitute for\n$\\dfrac{dz}{da}$ and~$\\dfrac{dz}{db}$.", "markdown": "We must leave $\\dfrac{da}{dx}$ and $\\dfrac{db}{dx}$ as we find them, until we know *what* functions $a$ and $b$ are of $x$; but as we know what function $z$ is of $a$ and $b$, we substitute for $\\dfrac{dz}{da}$ and $\\dfrac{dz}{db}$.", "why": "It shows the learner the logic of the method: leave the inner derivatives unevaluated until the functions are known, and substitute the partial derivatives of the outer function first.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/partial-derivative", "theorem/chain-rule" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-e8c5bb9df0", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-applications-of-the-theorem-for-implicit-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "102", "location": "Applications of the Theorem for Implicit Differentiation", "latex": "Let $z = \\dfrac{a}{b}$. If $a$~become $a + da$, $z$~becomes\n$\\dfrac{a + da}{b}$ or $\\dfrac{a}{b} + \\dfrac{da}{b}$, and $\\dfrac{dz}{da}$ is~$\\dfrac{1}{b}$.", "markdown": "Let $z = \\dfrac{a}{b}$. If $a$ become $a + da$, $z$ becomes $\\dfrac{a + da}{b}$ or $\\dfrac{a}{b} + \\dfrac{da}{b}$, and $\\dfrac{dz}{da}$ is $\\dfrac{1}{b}$.", "why": "It walks through a quotient case step by step, showing how a small change in the numerator produces the partial derivative.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/partial-derivative", "theorem/quotient-rule" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-2dd78d8657", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-applications-of-the-theorem-for-implicit-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "102", "location": "Applications of the Theorem for Implicit Differentiation", "latex": "Again,\n$a^{b+db} = a^{b}\\, a^{db} = a^{b}(1 + \\log a\\, db + \\etc.)$ whence $\\dfrac{dz}{db} = a^{b} \\log a$.", "markdown": "Again, $a^{b+db} = a^{b}\\, a^{db} = a^{b}(1 + \\log a\\, db + \\etc.)$ whence $\\dfrac{dz}{db} = a^{b} \\log a$.", "why": "It shows how the logarithm of the base enters the derivative of an exponential when the exponent is varied.", "use": [ "lesson", "history" ], "concepts": [ "concept/logarithm", "theorem/chain-rule" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-189ffb2d36", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-applications-of-the-theorem-for-implicit-differentiation", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "101", "location": "Applications of the Theorem for Implicit Differentiation", "latex": "In this case, and part\nof the following, the limiting ratio of the increments\nis the same as that of the increments themselves.", "markdown": "In this case, and part of the following, the limiting ratio of the increments is the same as that of the increments themselves.", "why": "It warns that the equality of a ratio of increments and its limit holds only in these particular cases, not in general.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/increment", "concept/limit" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-f92a3e12c8", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-inverse-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "102", "location": "Inverse Functions", "latex": "It is not necessary that we should be able to solve the equation $y = \\phi x$ in finite terms, that is, so as to give a value of~$x$ without infinite series; it is sufficient that $x$~can be so expressed that the value of~$x$ corresponding to any value of~$y$ may be found as near as we please from $x = \\psi y$, in the same manner as the value of~$y$ corresponding to any value of~$x$ is found from $y = \\phi x$.", "markdown": "It is not necessary that we should be able to solve the equation $y = \\phi x$ in finite terms, that is, so as to give a value of $x$ without infinite series; it is sufficient that $x$ can be so expressed that the value of $x$ corresponding to any value of $y$ may be found as near as we please from $x = \\psi y$, in the same manner as the value of $y$ corresponding to any value of $x$ is found from $y = \\phi x$.", "why": "It explains that an inverse need not be solvable in finite terms, only computable to any wanted accuracy, which a learner needs before trusting inverse functions.", "use": [ "lesson", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/approximation", "concept/function", "concept/inverse-function" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-fdc09fa29e", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-inverse-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "103", "location": "Inverse Functions", "latex": "That is, the effect of the operation or set of operations denoted by~$\\psi$ is destroyed by the effect of those denoted by~$\\phi$; as in the instances $(x^{2})^{\\efrac{1}{2}}$, $(x^{3})^{\\efrac{1}{3}}$, $e^{\\log x}$, angle whose sine is~$(\\sin x)$, etc., each of which is equal to~$x$.", "markdown": "That is, the effect of the operation or set of operations denoted by $\\psi$ is destroyed by the effect of those denoted by $\\phi$; as in the instances $(x^{2})^{\\efrac{1}{2}}$, $(x^{3})^{\\efrac{1}{3}}$, $e^{\\log x}$, angle whose sine is $(\\sin x)$, etc., each of which is equal to $x$.", "why": "It gives concrete cases where undoing one operation after another returns x, making the idea of an inverse easy to check.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/composition-of-functions", "concept/inverse-function", "concept/logarithm" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-7f7251efdf", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-inverse-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "103", "location": "Inverse Functions", "latex": "Hence $\\dfrac{dx}{dy}$ as deduced from the second, and $\\dfrac{dy}{dx}$ as deduced from the first, are reciprocals for every value of~$dx$.", "markdown": "Hence $\\dfrac{dx}{dy}$ as deduced from the second, and $\\dfrac{dy}{dx}$ as deduced from the first, are reciprocals for every value of $dx$.", "why": "It shows that the derivatives of a function and its inverse are reciprocals, a result a learner can test on examples.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/derivative", "concept/inverse-function", "concept/reciprocal" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-5b87b971e4", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-inverse-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "104", "location": "Inverse Functions", "latex": "There is no very obvious analogy between $\\dfrac{d^{2} y}{dx^{2}}$ and $\\dfrac{d^{2} x}{dy^{2}}$; indeed no such appears from the method in which these coefficients were first formed.", "markdown": "There is no very obvious analogy between $\\dfrac{d^{2} y}{dx^{2}}$ and $\\dfrac{d^{2} x}{dy^{2}}$; indeed no such appears from the method in which these coefficients were first formed.", "why": "A candid remark from the author that the two second derivatives look unrelated at first, which invites the reader to look for the connection.", "use": [ "history", "website" ], "concepts": [ "concept/higher-order-derivative" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-03b4a33dd5", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-inverse-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "104", "location": "Inverse Functions", "latex": "Therefore $dy$,~$dy_{1}$, etc., are not equal; whence arises the next column of second differences, or $d^{2} y$, $d^{2} y_{1}$, etc.", "markdown": "Therefore $dy$, $dy_{1}$, etc., are not equal; whence arises the next column of second differences, or $d^{2} y$, $d^{2} y_{1}$, etc.", "why": "It shows how second differences arise from unequal first differences, the starting point of the limiting ratio definition.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/differential", "concept/higher-order-difference" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-7ed41c3747", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-inverse-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "104", "location": "Inverse Functions", "latex": "The resulting values of~$y$, or $y$,~$y_{1}$, etc., are not equidistant, except in one function only, when $y = ax + b$, where $a$~and~$b$ are constant.", "markdown": "The resulting values of $y$, or $y$, $y_{1}$, etc., are not equidistant, except in one function only, when $y = ax + b$, where $a$ and $b$ are constant.", "why": "It identifies the single case, a straight line, in which equal steps in x give equal steps in y, a useful check for learners.", "use": [ "lesson" ], "concepts": [ "concept/constant", "concept/function" ] }, { "id": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/x-db7b930150", "chapter": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899/ch-inverse-functions", "book": "de-morgan-elementary-illustrations-calculus-1899", "edition": "Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, new ed., 1899", "page": "104", "location": "Inverse Functions", "latex": "The limiting ratio of $d^{2} y$ to~$(dx)^{2}$, expressed by~$\\dfrac{d^{2} 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"location": "The Integral Calculus", "latex": "Nevertheless the product $\\cos\\theta × \\tan\\theta$, of which the first factor diminishes without limit, while the second increases without limit, is always finite, and tends towards the limit~$1$; for $\\cos\\theta × \\tan\\theta$ is always~$\\sin\\theta$, which last approaches to~$1$ as $\\theta$~approaches to a right angle, and is~$1$ when $\\theta$~\\emph{is} a right angle.", "markdown": "Nevertheless the product $\\cos\\theta × \\tan\\theta$, of which the first factor diminishes without limit, while the second increases without limit, is always finite, and tends towards the limit $1$; for $\\cos\\theta × \\tan\\theta$ is always $\\sin\\theta$, which last approaches to $1$ as $\\theta$ approaches to a right angle, and is $1$ when $\\theta$ *is* a right angle.", "why": "A concrete trigonometric example shows a product of a vanishing factor and an infinite factor settling to a finite limit, which a learner can check by hand.", "use": 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