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Hi; I watched the show Jyoti and he was in it.

I like "Calculus Made Easy" but Martin needs to do a bit more renovation again. His methodology (Thompson's) is quite good but he doesn't cover the geometrical meaning of a derivative until much later. And I would really like to remove some of Liebniz's notation into f'. Also, as a guy pursuing a doctorate in physics, much more then basic calculus is required. Look at this problem for example:

An object with weight W is dragged along a horizontal plane by a force acting along a rope attached to the object. If the rope makes an angle θ with the plane, then the magnitude of the force is given by the following equation, where μ is a constant called the coefficient of friction.

F = (muW)/(mu sin(theta) + cos(theta))

(a) Find the rate of change of F with respect to θ. (Use mu for μ and theta for θ as necessary.)
(b) When is this rate of change equal to 0? (Use mu for μ and theta for θ as necessary.)
(c) If W = 40 lbs and μ = 0.6, draw the graph of F as a function of θ and use it to locate the value of θ for which dF / dθ = 0. (Round the answer to two decimal places).

Physics, analytical chemistry (which is heavily reliant on stats), biology and comp.sci all require basic calculus  knowledge at the start. Later though, a through knowledge of calculus will be almost certainly required. Then again, don't think of calculus as an extremely difficult discipline. It is just a very abstract concept which may take some getting used to. The MIF tutorials on it are just great, but if you need some more visual help you should check out Sal's videos.  Also, bobbym, you have been doing calculus since you were around 6?

Mathgogocart.

7/3, were you born in Bangladesh? And Agnishom, are you in Kolkota/Calcutta?

Oh, okay. And I would say your life is much better then the Micro%oft guys.

No no; what I mean is simply using some of the features on the website such as the number line, give full credit to MIF and refer people to MIF's site for extra support.

Of curse I will do that, but I won't be filed a lawsuit against?

So now we wait for JTM to check and then we or him post a new word.

British Broadcasting Corporation?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_potential

But thank-you anyways.

Hi Mike, hope you have a great time here.