Talk:Calculus/Differentiation

Implicit differnetiation, Derivatives of Hyperbolic and inverse hyperbolic Functions? Anyone?

- David


 * Good ideas. We do need them. Grimm
 * Made a stub page for Derivatives of Hyperbolic and inverse hyperbolic Functions, but we need more contributors. Musical Inquisit (discuss • contribs) 22:25, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Organization
It seems many of these topics contain the same information (e.g. Basic Derivative Applications and Applications of Derivatives). Could we possibly combine the information into one wikibook, and then split off if it grows too large, as opposed to having several smaller books which contain the same information or are needed together to fully understand them?--SimRPGman 21:52, 11 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Hi. Do you have links to the two pages you mention? Are they separate books or modules in this book?  Do they currently have any useful content? Juliusross 02:21, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Thoughts
I've spent some time going through the material in this section, but I'm out of time to make further improvements--at least for now. I think overall it's not too bad. Some of the applied topics are currently underdeveloped.

I've tried to add some proofs of the important theorems. One difficulty I encountered was the lack of formal development throughout the book that would put some of the more difficult proofs out of the reach of a reader whose only background is the book's prerequisites and the book's material up to that point. I think a less rigorous treatment is probably best for a book of this nature since a rigorous treatment would probably require a more tightly coupled collaborative effort. Nevertheless, I think the level of rigor could stand to be raised from its current level, but that would require lots of time and effort starting from the very beginning of the book.

An easier yet significant improvement could be made by adding more exercises (or improving the quality of the current exercises), especially exercises after some new concept has been introduced. I've tried to move away from having all the exercises at the very end, so I've added solution sub-pages for many of the pages to encourage the addition of new exercises on those pages.

I'm by no means an expert on the subject. In fact, I'm going through this book now because I'm very rusty, and I'm trying to re-learn the material. I've tried to double-check the answers I've added using wxmaxima, but it's very possible some of the answers I've given are wrong. The same goes for the proofs I've added. --Greenbreen (discuss • contribs) 08:22, 24 May 2011 (UTC)