Essential Calculus with Applications
Published on 28. March 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-486-66097-4 (ISBN)
Description
Rigorous but accessible text introduces undergraduate-level students to necessary background math, then clear coverage of differential calculus, differentiation as a tool, integral calculus, integration as a tool, and functions of several variables. Numerous problems and a supplementary section of "Hints and Answers." 1977 edition.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
406 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-486-66097-4 (9780486660974)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
To the Instructor; To the Student
Chapter 1. Mathematical Background
1.1 Introductory Remarks
1.2 Sets
1.3 Numbers
1.4 Inequalities
1.5 The Absolute Value
1.6 Intervals and Neighborhoods
1.7 Rectangular Coordinates
1.8 Straight Lines
1.9 More about Straight Lines
Chapter 2. Differential Calculus
2.1 Functions
2.2 More about Functions
2.3 Graphs
2.4 Derivatives and Limits
2.5 More about Derivatives
2.6 More about Limits
2.7 Differentiation Technique
2.8 Further Differentiation Technique
2.9 Other Kinds of Limits
Chapter 3. Differentiation as a Tool
3.1 Velocity and Acceleration
3.2 Related Rates and Business Applications
3.3 Properties of Continuous Functions
3.4 Properties of Differentiable Functions
3.5 Applications of the Mean Value Theorem
3.6 Local Extrema
3.7 Concavity and Inflection Points
3.8 Optimization Problems
Chapter 4. Integral Calculus
4.1 The Definite Integral
4.2 Properties of Definite Integrals
4.3 The Logarithm
4.4 The Exponential
4.5 More about the Logarithm and Exponential
4.6 Integration Technique
4.7 Improper Integrals
Chapter 5. Integration as a Tool
5.1 Elementary Differential Equations
5.2 Problems of Growth and Decay
5.3 Problems of Motion
Chapter 6. Functions of Several Variables
6.1 From Two to n Dimensions
6.2 Limits and Differentiation
6.3 The Chain Rule
6.4 Extrema in n Dimensions
Tables; Selected Hints and Answers; Supplementary Hints and Answers; Index
Chapter 1. Mathematical Background
1.1 Introductory Remarks
1.2 Sets
1.3 Numbers
1.4 Inequalities
1.5 The Absolute Value
1.6 Intervals and Neighborhoods
1.7 Rectangular Coordinates
1.8 Straight Lines
1.9 More about Straight Lines
Chapter 2. Differential Calculus
2.1 Functions
2.2 More about Functions
2.3 Graphs
2.4 Derivatives and Limits
2.5 More about Derivatives
2.6 More about Limits
2.7 Differentiation Technique
2.8 Further Differentiation Technique
2.9 Other Kinds of Limits
Chapter 3. Differentiation as a Tool
3.1 Velocity and Acceleration
3.2 Related Rates and Business Applications
3.3 Properties of Continuous Functions
3.4 Properties of Differentiable Functions
3.5 Applications of the Mean Value Theorem
3.6 Local Extrema
3.7 Concavity and Inflection Points
3.8 Optimization Problems
Chapter 4. Integral Calculus
4.1 The Definite Integral
4.2 Properties of Definite Integrals
4.3 The Logarithm
4.4 The Exponential
4.5 More about the Logarithm and Exponential
4.6 Integration Technique
4.7 Improper Integrals
Chapter 5. Integration as a Tool
5.1 Elementary Differential Equations
5.2 Problems of Growth and Decay
5.3 Problems of Motion
Chapter 6. Functions of Several Variables
6.1 From Two to n Dimensions
6.2 Limits and Differentiation
6.3 The Chain Rule
6.4 Extrema in n Dimensions
Tables; Selected Hints and Answers; Supplementary Hints and Answers; Index