An In-depth Introduction to Functions and Calculus I

Harvard FAS

This is a version of Math Ma that meets 5 days a week. Math Ma is the first half of a full-year calculus sequence that studies functions and their rates of change through a coherent mathematical narrative that blends precalculus and calculus.A central theme of Math Ma is understanding, describing, and calculating rates of change. Students develop and analyze mechanistic models built on specific assumptions about how quantities change over time, including constant rate of change, constant…