calculus

  • Calculus Formula Puzzle

    Hello mathematicians, puzzlers, and other curious people! For those of you who are learning calculus, do you miss how games used to be part of your lessons? Here\’s a jigsaw puzzle of an important calculus formula so you can study while you put it together. (Click the picture to go to the actual puzzle.) I…

  • Mathematical Safety Advice

    Hello mathematicians, puzzlers, and other curious people! You might not know this, but mathematicians love puns. We slip them into this classic piece of advice about road/beverage safety: And now there\’s also one, from Nick Johnson, about pandemic countermeasures: What other mathematical safety advice have you heard? Calc You Later!

  • Vertex Form Proof

    Hello mathematicians, puzzlers, and other curious people! Following up on this previous video, I\’m using calculus to come up with a proof of the vertex form of a quadratic function. Calc You Later! Side note: If any of those calculus steps, like the chain rule, were hard for you to follow, you can learn Calc…