Chapter 02 · Calculus · 4 lessons

Derivatives

The limits chapter built one tool; this chapter aims it at a single question: how fast is a function changing? These four short lessons capture the slope of a curve at one point, turn that slope into a function of its own, and then read that function to find every peak, valley, and bend in a graph.

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01 From secant to tangent ~6 min 02 The derivative is a function ~6 min 03 Critical points ~6 min 04 Concavity and the second derivative ~6 min

Finish all four, then prove it in Practice.