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Biographical Note:
Hiroyuki Kojima was born in 1958. He received his PhD in Economics from the Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, at the University of Tokyo. He has worked as a lecturer and is now an associate professor in the Faculty of Economics at Teikyo University in Tokyo, Japan. While highly appraised as an economist, he is also active as an essayist and has published a wide range of books on mathematics and economics at the fundamental, practical, and academic levels.
Marc Notes:
Includes index.;In The Manga Guide to Calculus, you'll follow along with Noriko as she learns that calculus is more than just a class designed to weed out would-be science majors. You'll see that calculus is a useful way to understand the patterns in physics, economics, and the world around us, with help from real-world examples like probability, supply and demand curves, the economics of pollution, and the density of Shochu (a Japanese liquor).--Back cover.;Description based on print version record.;EBSCO complete collection.
Review Quotes:
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The Manga Guide to Calculus would make an excellent supplement for anyone seeking a firmer intuitive grasp of the subject. It is entertaining, and it does an excellent job of exploring the meaning and relevance of calculus to the physical world."
--Mathematical Association of America
Table of Contents:
Prologue: What is a Function?
Chapter 1: Let's Differentiate a Function!
Chapter 2: Let's Learn Differentiation Techniques!
Chapter 3: Let's Integrate a Function!
Chapter 4: Let's Learn Integration Techniques!
Chapter 5: Let's Learn About Taylor Expansions!
Chapter 6: Let's Learn About Partial Differentiation!
Index
Publisher Marketing:
Noriko is just getting started as a junior reporter for the
Asagake Times. She wants to cover the hard-hitting issues, like world affairs and politics, but does she have the smarts for it? Thankfully, her overbearing and math-minded boss, Mr. Seki, is here to teach her how to analyze her stories with a mathematical eye.
In
The Manga Guide to Calculus, you'll follow along with Noriko as she learns that calculus is more than just a class designed to weed out would-be science majors. You'll see that calculus is a useful way to understand the patterns in physics, economics, and the world around us, with help from real-world examples like probability, supply and demand curves, the economics of pollution, and the density of Shochu (a Japanese liquor).
Mr. Seki teaches Noriko how to:
-Use differentiation to understand a function's rate of change
-Apply the fundamental theorem of calculus, and grasp the relationship between a function's derivative and its integral
-Integrate and differentiate trigonometric and other complicated functions
-Use multivariate calculus and partial differentiation to deal with tricky functions
-Use Taylor Expansions to accurately imitate difficult functions with polynomials
Whether you're struggling through a calculus course for the first time or you just need a painless refresher, you'll find what you're looking for in
The Manga Guide to Calculus.
This EduManga book is a translation from a bestselling series in Japan, co-published with Ohmsha, Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan.
Review Citations:
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Choice 03/01/2010 (EAN 9781593271947, Paperback)
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Wilson Senior High Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9781593271947, Paperback)
Contributor Bio:Kojima, Hiroyuki
Hiroyuki Kojima received his PhD in Economics from the Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, at the University of Tokyo. He has worked as a lecturer and is now an associate professor in the Faculty of Economics at Teikyo University in Tokyo, Japan. While well-regarded as an economist, he is also active as an essayist and has published a wide range of books on mathematics and economics at the fundamental, practical, and academic levels.
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