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(copyright by Scott M. Lynch, February 2003) Brief Calculus Review (Soc 504) For the most part, calculus can be divided into two halves: differential and integral calculus. In a nutshell, differential calculus is concerned with slopes of curves and rates of change. Integral calculus, on the other hand, is concerned with area under and between curves. 1 Limits Central to both branches of calculus is the notion of ‘limits,’ which we will develop briefly here. A ‘limit’ is the result a