Monday, September 10, 2018

1.3, due on September 10


This was a pretty neat section, however the algebra seemed somewhat "hand-wavy." All that really means, however, is that I should probably take some time to work out the examples to get a better idea as to how finite calculus works. I did try to work some of them out, like the proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Finite Calculus (with the telescoping series), however for some reason I can't seem to arrive at -f(a) + f(b). I'm sure taking a look at it after lecture will be more enlightening.

My favorite part was how the section related finite calculus to math we are already familiar with, such as the sum of consecutive numbers, or geometric sums.

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