Convergence Tangent

[...] In geometry, the tangent line (or simply the tangent) to a plane curve at a given point is the straight line that "just [...]

[...] were popular, especially the work of Archimedes. Infinitesimal techniques were developed for calculating areas and volumes, and Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), shown at left, contributed to these [...]

[...] of the integral calculus. The wine barrel incident also led Kepler to take up a problem of differential calculus, the problem of maximums: What is the best design for a barrel in order to maximize its [...]

[...] surface at that point. The concept of a tangent is one of the most fundamental notions in differential geometry and has been extensively generalized; see Tangent space. The word tangent comes from the [...]

[...] to study how to calculate areas and volumes and to write a book about the subject, Nova stereometria doliorum vinariorum (New solid geometry of wine barrels), which was his main contribution to the [...]

[...] of Archimedes. Infinitesimal techniques were developed for calculating areas and volumes, and Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), shown at left, contributed to these developments. His interest in calculating [...]

[...] , and is thus the best straight-line approximation to the curve at that point. Similarly, the tangent plane to a surface at a given point is the plane that "just touches" the surface at that [...]

[...] the derivative of f. A similar definition applies to space curves and curves in n-dimensional Euclidean space. As it passes through the point where the tangent line and the curve meet, [...]

If you are a fan of mathematics and enjoy reading some history whereas learning wherever several of our modern concepts came from then you will enjoy [...]

[...] means earth, and ‘metria’, which means measure. Ancient Egyptians used geometric mathematics principles as way back as 3000 before Christ. Along with arithmetic, geometry was one [...]