Rethinking Rigor in Calculus: The Role of the Mean Value Theorem

DOI10.2307/2974788MaRDI QIDQ3130167zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Thomas W. Tucker

Publication date 28 September 1997

Published in The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2307/2974788

zbMATH Keywords

fundamental theorem of calculusincreasing function theoremmean value theoremteaching of calculus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differentiation (real functions of one variable): general theory, generalized derivatives, mean value theorems (26A24)

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