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Calculus made easy (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I also studied chemical engineering, and throughout high school and university that was exactly it. Calculus was a kind of magic, and you just had to learn all the spells.

With this book I finally understood why the derivative of x^2 is 2x.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I tried to figure it out myself back in high school but the best I came up with is X^2 -->2x because it just fucking does.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

https://www.calculusmadeeasy.org/4.html

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ok I'm no mathematician but I'll still can't see why d(x^2) = 2x.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

This exact explanation is in the book: https://calculusmadeeasy.org/4.html