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

DOI10.2307/2974788zbMATH Open0871.26004OpenAlexW4241973893MaRDI QIDQ3130167FDOQ3130167

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

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zbMATH Keywords

mean value theoremfundamental theorem of calculusincreasing function 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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