Derivatives

Day 2

Tuesday August 4th, 2026

A single green point, looking victorious with arms raised, which is now representing the yellow and blue points have converged (delta x is infinitely small). Text reads 'The expression for the instantaneous slope at any point on a function, aka the derivative, is found by (1) Finding an expression for the slope between two points on the function separated by delta x, and (2) evaluating that slope as the points get infinitely close together.'

Artwork by Allison Horst

Class materials

Session Lecture slides
day 2 / morning The exponential function, logarithms, and limits
day 2 / afternoon Derivatives

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