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The Statistics and Calculus with Python Workshop
book

The Statistics and Calculus with Python Workshop

by Peter Farrell, Alvaro Fuentes, Ajinkya Sudhir Kolhe, Quan Nguyen, Alexander Joseph Sarver, Marios Tsatsos, Amit Chaurasia, Rohan Chikorde, Sanjin Dedic, Tim Hoolihan, Ravi Ranjan Prasad Karn, Alberto Manzini
August 2020
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
740 pages
13h 41m
English
Packt Publishing
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10. Foundational Calculus with Python

Overview

In this chapter, you will learn to calculate the derivatives of functions at a given value of x. You'll also learn to calculate the integrals of functions between given values and use derivation to solve optimization problems, such as maximizing profit or minimizing cost. By the end of this chapter, you will be able to use calculus to solve a range of mathematical problems.

Introduction

Calculus has been called the science of change, since its tools were developed to deal with constantly changing values such as the position and velocity of planets and projectiles. Previously, there was no way to express this kind of change in a variable.

The first important topic in calculus is the derivative ...

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