Image via Wikipedia This is the second post (here’s the first one) about an approach to introducing the derivative to calculus students that is counter to what I’ve seen in textbooks and other ...

While I do spend lots of time pushing the idea of linear approximations on my students, we do need nonlinear functions to describe most interesting physical phenomena.

Math 241 Math 241 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus A The information and materials presented here are intended to provide a description of the course goals for current and prospective students as well ...

Journal of Applied Probability, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Mar., 2006), pp. 185-194 (10 pages) Local linear approximations have been the main component in the construction of a class of effective numerical ...

Jianqing Fan, , Censored Regression: Local Linear Approximations and Their Applications, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 89, No. 426 (Jun., 1994 ...