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CONTENTS
CHAP.    PAGE
I. FUNCTIONS. DEFINITION OF CERTAIN TERMS.
GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION    .    .
1
II. FINITE DIFFERENCES. DEFINITIONS .    .
9
III. FINITE DIFFERENCES. GENERAL FORMULAS AND
SPECIAL CASES .
13
IV. FINITE DIFFERENCES. INTERPOLATION .
19
V. FINITE DIFFERENCES. CENTRAL DIFFERENCES    .
29
VI. FINITE DIFFERENCES. INVERSE INTERPOLATION
40
VII. FINITE DIFFERENCES. SUMMATION OR INTEGRA
TION    .
45
VIII. FINITE DIFFERENCES. DIVIDED DIFFERENCES
51
IX. FINITE DIFFERENCES. FUNCTIONS OF TWO VARI
ABLES .
54
X. DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS.    ELEMENTARY CON
CEPTIONS AND DEFINITIONS
63
XI. DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS.    STANDARD FORMS.
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIATION
65
XII. DIFFERENTIAL    CALCULUS.    SUCCESSIVE    DIF
FERENTIATION .
74
XI II. DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS. EXPANSIONS. TAYLOR'S
AND MACLAURIN'S THEOREMS    .
77
XIV. DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS. MISCELLANEOUS AP
PLICATIONS
82
XV. RELATION OF DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS TO FINITE
DIFFERENCES    .
88
XVI. INTEGRAL CALCULUS. DEFINITIONS AND ILLUS
TRATIONS    .
91
XVII. INTEGRAL CALCULUS. STANDARD FORMS
93
XVIII. INTEGRAL CALCULUS. METHODS OF INTEGRATION
97
XIX. INTEGRAL CALCULUS. DEFINITE INTEGRALS. MIS
CELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS    .
109
XX. APPROXIMATE INTEGRATION    .    .
114
XXI. PROBABILITY
125
EXAMPLES .    .
139
ANSWERS TO EXAMPLES    .    .    .
150