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    This lecture introduces the topic of differentiation which is the focus of the current unit. It will discuss what a derivative is from several perspectives including geometrically and physically. Derivatives are important concepts in many fields like science, engineering, economics and politics. The unit will teach students how to take the derivative of any function, like f(x)=ex·arctan(x), which is a key skill in calculus.

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    This lecture introduces the topic of differentiation which is the focus of the current unit. It will discuss what a derivative is from several perspectives including geometrically and physically. Derivatives are important concepts in many fields like science, engineering, economics and politics. The unit will teach students how to take the derivative of any function, like f(x)=ex·arctan(x), which is a key skill in calculus.

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    Welcome to 18.

    01
    Welcome to 18.01. Today we start Unit One; the topic of the unit is dieren tiation. Well start by reviewing whats in store in the next couple of weeks. The topic of this lecture is what is a derivative? Were going to look at this question from several dierent points of view, and the rst one is the geometric interpretation. Well also discuss a physical interpretation. Later well learn what makes calculus so fundamental in science and engineer ing. Derivatives are important in all measurements in science, in engineering, in economics, in political science, in polling, in lots of commercial applications, in just about everything. In this unit well also learn how to dierentiate any function you know. Thats a tall order, but by the end of the unit you will know how to take derivatives of functions like f (x) = exarctan(x) . Lets begin.

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    18.01SC Single Variable Calculus

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