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'''''Calculus Made Easy''''' is a book on infinitesimal calculus originally published in 1910 by Silvanus P. Thompson. | [[File:Calculus Made Easy - Figures 2 and 3.jpg|thumb| Figures 2 and 3 from Calculus Made Easy by Silvanus P. Thompson.]]'''''Calculus Made Easy''''' is a book on infinitesimal calculus originally published in 1910 by [[Silvanus P. Thompson (nonfiction)|Silvanus P. Thompson]]. | ||
The original text continues to be available as of 2008 from Macmillan and Co., but a 1998 update by [[Martin Gardner (nonfiction)|Martin Gardner]] is available from St. Martin's Press which provides an introduction; three preliminary chapters explaining functions, limits, and derivatives; an appendix of recreational calculus problems; and notes for modern readers. Gardner changes "fifth form boys" to the more American sounding (and gender neutral) "high school students," updates many now obsolescent mathematical notations or terms, and uses American decimal dollars and cents in currency examples. | The original text continues to be available as of 2008 from Macmillan and Co., but a 1998 update by [[Martin Gardner (nonfiction)|Martin Gardner]] is available from St. Martin's Press which provides an introduction; three preliminary chapters explaining [[Function (nonfiction)|functions]], [[Limit (nonfiction)|limits]], and [[Derivative (nonfiction)|derivatives]]; an appendix of recreational calculus problems; and notes for modern readers. Gardner changes "fifth form boys" to the more American sounding (and gender neutral) "high school students," updates many now obsolescent mathematical notations or terms, and uses American decimal dollars and cents in currency examples. | ||
''Calculus Made Easy'' ignores the use of limits with its epsilon-delta definition, replacing it with a method of approximating (to arbitrary precision) directly to the correct answer in the infinitesimal spirit of [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (nonfiction)|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]], now formally justified in modern non-standard analysis and smooth infinitesimal analysis. | ''Calculus Made Easy'' ignores the use of limits with its epsilon-delta definition, replacing it with a method of approximating (to arbitrary precision) directly to the correct answer in the [[Infinitesimal (nonfiction)|infinitesimal]] spirit of [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (nonfiction)|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]], now formally justified in modern non-standard analysis and smooth infinitesimal analysis. | ||
The original text is now in the public domain under US copyright law (although Macmillan's copyright under UK law is reproduced in the 2008 edition from St. Martin's Press). It can be freely accessed on Project Gutenberg. | The original text is now in the public domain under US copyright law (although Macmillan's copyright under UK law is reproduced in the 2008 edition from St. Martin's Press). It can be freely accessed on Project Gutenberg. | ||
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== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Calculus (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Martin Gardner (nonfiction)]] - author of 1998 update | * [[Martin Gardner (nonfiction)]] - author of 1998 update | ||
* [[[[Infinitesimal (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]] | * [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Silvanus P. Thompson (nonfiction)]] | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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=== The book itself === | === The book itself === | ||
* Silvanus P. Thompson, Calculus Made Easy: Being a Very-Simplest Introduction to Those Beautiful Methods of Reckoning which Are Generally Called by the Terrifying Names of the Differential Calculus and the Integral Calculus (New York: MacMillan Company, 2nd Ed., 1914). Also available as the (London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 2nd Ed., 1914) printing, which isn't published under Thompson's name, but instead has the byline of "by F.R.S." (i.e., Fellow of the Royal Society). | * Silvanus P. Thompson, [http://djm.cc/library/Calculus_Made_Easy_Thompson.pdf Calculus Made Easy: Being a Very-Simplest Introduction to Those Beautiful Methods of Reckoning which Are Generally Called by the Terrifying Names of the Differential Calculus and the Integral Calculus] (New York: MacMillan Company, 2nd Ed., 1914). Also available as the ([http://djm.cc/library/Calculus_Made_Easy_Thompson.pdf London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 2nd Ed., 1914]) printing, which isn't published under Thompson's name, but instead has the byline of "by F.R.S." (i.e., Fellow of the Royal Society). | ||
* Calculus Made Easy at Project Gutenberg (Re-typeset in LaTeX) | * [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/33283 Calculus Made Easy] at Project Gutenberg (Re-typeset in LaTeX) | ||
* Calculus Made Easy online | * [http://calculusmadeeasy.org/ Calculus Made Easy online] | ||
* [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Calculus_Made_Easy Excerpts] @ Wikiquote | |||
=== About the book === | === About the book === | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus_Made_Easy Calculus Made Easy] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus_Made_Easy Calculus Made Easy] @ Wikipedia | ||
* [https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3615117.pdf Why Calculus Cannot Be Made Easy] by R. L. E. Schwarzenberger, The Mathematical Gazette, Vol. 64, No. 429 (Oct., 1980), pp. 158-166 | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:28, 6 February 2019
Calculus Made Easy is a book on infinitesimal calculus originally published in 1910 by Silvanus P. Thompson.
The original text continues to be available as of 2008 from Macmillan and Co., but a 1998 update by Martin Gardner is available from St. Martin's Press which provides an introduction; three preliminary chapters explaining functions, limits, and derivatives; an appendix of recreational calculus problems; and notes for modern readers. Gardner changes "fifth form boys" to the more American sounding (and gender neutral) "high school students," updates many now obsolescent mathematical notations or terms, and uses American decimal dollars and cents in currency examples.
Calculus Made Easy ignores the use of limits with its epsilon-delta definition, replacing it with a method of approximating (to arbitrary precision) directly to the correct answer in the infinitesimal spirit of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, now formally justified in modern non-standard analysis and smooth infinitesimal analysis.
The original text is now in the public domain under US copyright law (although Macmillan's copyright under UK law is reproduced in the 2008 edition from St. Martin's Press). It can be freely accessed on Project Gutenberg.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Calculus (nonfiction)
- Martin Gardner (nonfiction) - author of 1998 update
- [[Infinitesimal (nonfiction)
- Mathematics (nonfiction)
- Silvanus P. Thompson (nonfiction)
External links
The book itself
- Silvanus P. Thompson, Calculus Made Easy: Being a Very-Simplest Introduction to Those Beautiful Methods of Reckoning which Are Generally Called by the Terrifying Names of the Differential Calculus and the Integral Calculus (New York: MacMillan Company, 2nd Ed., 1914). Also available as the (London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 2nd Ed., 1914) printing, which isn't published under Thompson's name, but instead has the byline of "by F.R.S." (i.e., Fellow of the Royal Society).
- Calculus Made Easy at Project Gutenberg (Re-typeset in LaTeX)
- Calculus Made Easy online
- Excerpts @ Wikiquote
About the book
- Calculus Made Easy @ Wikipedia
- Why Calculus Cannot Be Made Easy by R. L. E. Schwarzenberger, The Mathematical Gazette, Vol. 64, No. 429 (Oct., 1980), pp. 158-166