What they won't teach you in calculus
May 19, 2018

A visual for derivatives which generalizes more nicely to topics beyond calculus.

Taylor series
May 7, 2017

Taylor polynomials are incredibly powerful for approximations, and Taylor series can give new ways to express functions.

Higher order derivatives
May 7, 2017

A very quick primer on the second derivative, third derivative, etc.

What does area have to do with slope?
May 6, 2017

Integrals are used to find the average of a continuous variable, and this can offer a perspective on why integrals and derivatives are inverses, distinct from the one shown in the last video.

Integration and the fundamental theorem of calculus
May 5, 2017

What is an integral? How do you think about it?

Limits, L'Hopital's rule, and epsilon delta definitions
May 4, 2017

Formal derivatives, the epsilon-delta definition, and why L'Hôpital's rule works.

Implicit differentiation, what's going on here?
May 3, 2017

Implicit differentiation can feel weird, but what's going on makes much more sense once you view each side of the equation as a two-variable function, f(x, y).

What's so special about Euler's number e?
May 2, 2017

What is e? And why are exponentials proportional to their own derivatives?

Visualizing the chain rule and product rule
May 1, 2017

A visual explanation of what the chain rule and product rule are, and why they are true.

Derivative formulas through geometry
April 30, 2017

A few derivative formulas, such as the power rule and the derivative of sine, demonstrated with geometric intuition.

The paradox of the derivative
April 29, 2017

Derivatives center on the idea of change in an instant, but change happens across time while an instant consists of just one moment. How does that work?

Essence of calculus
April 28, 2017

In this first video of the series, we see how unraveling the nuances of a simple geometry question can lead to integrals, derivatives, and the fundamental theorem of calculus.

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