Thomas' Calculus Early Transcendentals

by Thomas, George B.; Weir, Maurice D.; Hass, Joel; Giordano, Frank R.

• ISBN13: 9780321198006
• ISBN10: 032119800X
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Addison Wesley

Summary

This is the most comprehensive revision of Thomas' Calculus in 25 years. The new edition of Thomas is a return to what Thomas has always been: the book with the best exercises. For the 11th edition, the authors have added exercises cut in the 10th edition, as well as exercises and examples from the classic 5th and 6th editions. The book's theme is that Calculus is about thinking; one cannot memorize it all. The exercises develop this theme as a pivot point between the lecture in class, and the understanding that comes with applying the ideas of Calculus. In addition, the table of contents has been refined, introducing transcendentals in the first seven chapters. Many of the examples have been trimmed of distractions and rewritten with a clear focus on the main ideas. The authors have also excised extraneous information in general and have made the technology much more transparent. The ambition of Thomas 11e is to teach the ideas of Calculus so that students will be able to apply them in new and novel ways, first in the exercises but ultimately in their careers. Every effort has been made to insure that all content in the new edition reinforces thinking and encourages deep understanding of the material.

Table of Contents

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

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

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

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

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

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

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