Lecture Notes in Calculus has grown out of the experience of the author in teaching the course over the years. The introductory text provides undergraduate students with a concise and practical introduction to the primary concepts and techniques of Calculus. With a strong emphasis on basic concepts and techniques throughout, it explains the theory behind each technique as simply as possible, alongwith illustrative examples and real life applications.
Limits and Continuity; Successive Differentiation; Series Expansions;
Asymptotes; Curvature; Concavity, Convexity: Points of Inflexion; Curve
Tracing; Integration of Irrational Functions; Definite Integrals; Lengths of
Plane Curves (Rectification); Area of Plane Curves (Quadrature); Volumes and
Surfaces of Solids of Revolution; Index.
Bimal Kumar Mishra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi. He obtained his M.Sc. degree in Operational Research and M.Sc. in Mathematics from University of Delhi. After obtaining his Ph.D. degree, he earned his D.Sc. degree from Berhampur University, Berhampur, Orissa. He was associated with Mathematics Group BITS, Pilani for almost six years. He published books on Optimization and Mathematical Modeling. He has published books on Optimization and Mathematical Modeling. He has published more than fifty research papers in journals of repute and is the editor-in-chief of International Journal of Mathematical Modeling, Simulation and Applications. His research interest is in the field of Cyber attack and Defense and is also working in the area of epidemiology and models on blood flow.
