Friday, 14 November 2003, at 3:30 PM in Lowell Thomas 208 

Speaker:

Jeff Suzuki - Bard College

Title:

Precalculus:  Finding Tangent Lines Before Newton

Abstract:

Given a curve, how would you find the line tangent to the curve at a given point? A look at some of the methods of solving this problem before the invention of calculus.

 


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