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Limits and Derivatives

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The idea of a limit is central to all of calculus. Throughout the rest of your calculus classes it will be behind everything you learn. Most people do not understand this concept the first time they see it, but they can get a feeling for the basic idea with some effort.

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Treiman, J.S. (2014). Limits and Derivatives. In: Calculus with Vectors. Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09438-0_2

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