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Calculus hasn’t changed, but readers have. Today’s readers have been raised on immediacy and the desire for relevance, and they come to calculus with varied mathematical backgrounds. Thomas’ Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Twelfth Edition, helps readers successfully generalize and apply the key ideas of calculus through clear and precise explanations, clean design, thoughtfully chosen examples, and superior exercise sets. Thomas offers the right mix of basic, conceptual, and challenging exercises, along with meaningful applications. This significant revision features more examples, more mid-level exercises, more figures, improved conceptual flow, and MyMathLab®, the best in technology for learning and teaching.
KEY TOPICS: Functions; Limits and Derivatives; Differentiation; Applications of Derivatives; Integration; Applications of Definite Integrals; Integrals and Transcendental Functions; Techniques of Integration; First-Order Differential Equations; Infinite Sequences and Series; Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates
MARKET: For all readers interested in Calculus.
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Thomas' Calculus Early Transcendentals Media Upgrade, Eleventh Edition, responds to the needs of today's readers by developing their conceptual understanding while strengthening their skills in algebra and trigonometry, two areas of knowledge vital to the mastery of calculus. This book offers a full range of exercises, a precise and conceptual presentation, and a new media package designed specifically to meet the needs of today's readers. The exercises gradually increase in difficulty, helping readers learn to generalize and apply the concepts. The refined table of contents introduces the exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions in Chapter 7 of the text. Functions, Limits and Continuity, Differentiation, Applications of Derivatives, Integration, Applications of Definite Integrals, Integrals and Transcendental Functions, Techniques of Integration, Further Applications of Integration, Conic Sections and Polar Coordinates, Infinite Sequences and Series. For all readers interested in Calculus.
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About the Author
Joel Hass received his PhD from the University of California—Berkeley. He is currently a professor of mathematics at the University of California—Davis. He has coauthored six widely used calculus texts as well as two calculus study guides. He is currently on the editorial board of Geometriae Dedicata and Media-Enhanced Mathematics. He has been a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University and of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, and he was a Sloan Research Fellow. Hass’s current areas of research include the geometry of proteins, three dimensional manifolds, applied math, and computational complexity. In his free time, Hass enjoys kayaking.
Maurice D. Weir holds a DA and MS from Carnegie-Mellon University and received his BS at Whitman College. He is a Professor Emeritus of the Department of Applied Mathematics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Weir enjoys teaching Mathematical Modeling and Differential Equations. His current areas of research include modeling and simulation as well as mathematics education. Weir has been awarded the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, the Superior Civilian Service Award, and the Schieffelin Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has coauthored eight books, including the University Calculus series and the twelfth edition of Thomas’ Calculus.
George B. Thomas, Jr. (late) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was a professor of mathematics for thirty-eight years; he served as the executive officer of the department for ten years and as graduate registration officer for five years. Thomas held a spot on the board of governors of the Mathematical Association of America and on the executive committee of the mathematics division of the American Society for Engineering Education. His book, Calculus and Analytic Geometry, was first published in 1951 and has since gone through multiple revisions. The text is now in its twelfth edition and continues to guide students through their calculus courses. He also co-authored monographs on mathematics, including the text Probability and Statistics.
Table of Contents
1. Functions
Functions and Their Graphs
Identifying Functions; Mathematical Models
Combining Functions; Shifting and Scaling Graphs
Graphing with Calculators and Computers
Exponential Functions
Inverse Functions and Logarithms
2. Limits and Continuity
Rates of Change and Limits
Calculating Limits Using the Limit Laws
Precise Definition of a Limit
One-Sided Limits and Limits at Infinity
Infinite Limits and Vertical Asymptotes
Continuity
Tangents and Derivatives
3. Differentiation
The Derivative as a Function
Differentiation Rules for Polynomials, Exponentials, Products and Quotients
The Derivative as a Rate of Change
Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions
The Chain Rule and Parametric Equations
Implicit Differentiation
Derivatives of Inverse Functions and Logarithms
Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Related Rates
Linearization and Differentials
4. Applications of Derivatives
Extreme Values of Functions
The Mean Value Theorem
Monotonic Functions and the First Derivative Test
Concavity and Curve Sketching
Applied Optimization Problems
Indeterminate Forms and L’Hopital’s Rule
Newton’s Method
Antiderivatives
5. Integration
Estimating with Finite Sums
Sigma Notation and Limits of Finite Sums
The Definite Integral
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Indefinite Integrals and the Substitution Rule
Substitution and Area Between Curves
6. Applications of Definite Integrals
Volumes by Slicing and Rotation About an Axis
Volumes by Cylindrical Shells
Lengths of Plane Curves
Moments and Centers of Mass
Areas of Surfaces of Revolution and The Theorems of Pappus
Work
Fluid Pressures and Forces
7. Integrals and Transcendental Functions
The Logarithm Defined as an Integral
Exponential Growth and Decay
Relative Rates of Growth
Hyperbolic Functions
8. Techniques of Integration
Basic Integration Formulas
Integration by Parts
Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Fractions
Trigonometric Integrals
Trigonometric Substitutions
Integral Tables and Computer Algebra Systems
Numerical Integration
Improper Integrals
9. Further Applications of Integration
Slope Fields and Separable Differential Equations
First-Order Linear Differential Equations
Euler’s Method
Graphical Solutions of Autonomous Equations
Applications of First-Order Differential Equations
10. Conic Sections and Polar Coordinates
Conic Sections and Quadratic Equations
Classifying Conic Sections by Eccentricity
Quadratic Equations and Rotations
Conics and Parametric Equations; The Cycloid
Polar Coordinates
Graphing in Polar Coordinates
Area and Lengths in Polar Coordinates
Conic Sections in Polar Coordinates
11. Infinite Sequences and Series
Sequences
Infinite Series
The Integral Test
Comparison Tests
The Ratio and Root Tests
Alternating Series, Absolute and Conditional Convergence
Power Series
Taylor and Maclaurin Series
Convergence of Taylor Series; Error Estimates
Applications of Power Series
Fourier Series
Appendices.
Mathematical Induction
Proofs of Limit Theorems
Commonly Occurring Limits
Theory of the Real Numbers
Complex Numbers
The Distributive Law for Vector Cross Products
Determinants and Cramer’s Rule
The Mixed Derivative Theorem and the Increment Theorem
The Area of a Parallelogram’s Projection on a Plane