Derivatives on the Hand-Held Calculator.

Morgan, Raymond V.; Warnock, Tony T.

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Publication Date: 1978

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Derivatives on the Hand-Held Calculator.

Morgan, Raymond V.; Warnock, Tony T.

Mathematics Teacher, v71 n6 p532-37 Sep 1978, Sep78

The purpose of this article is to point out some of the problems that arise in the use of calculators to illustrate derivatives, due to rounding or truncation, by the calculator. Several illustrations of numerical differentiation techniques are also given. (Author/MP)

Descriptors: Calculators, Calculus, Error Patterns, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics

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