Calculus And Its Applications (Ninth Edition)

Goldstein, Larry Joel; Schneider, David I.; Lay, David C.

ISBN 10: 0130873047 / ISBN 13: 9780130873040

Published by Prentice Hall, Lebanon, Indiana, U.S.A., 2001

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Publisher: Prentice Hall, Inc., 2001, Good, HB, ISBN: 0-13-087304-7, cover rubbed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Calculus And Its Applications (Ninth Edition)
• Publisher: Prentice Hall, Lebanon, Indiana, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130873047
• ISBN 13: 9780130873040
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Ninth.
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mathematics

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Synopsis

Presents calculus in an intuitive yet intellectually satisfying way and illustrates its applications in the biological, social, and management sciences. A review chapter covers concepts needed to study calculus. Includes practice problems and worked examples, and exercises with answers. This ninth edition introduces delta notation early, and emphasizes analysis of data. It contains more material on regression, and an appendix on the graphing calculator. Chapter projects, also new to this edition, focus on critical thinking, verbal expression, and integration of mathematical techniques. Goldstein is affiliated with Goldstein Educational Technologies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

From the Back Cover

This extremely readable, highly regarded, and widely adopted text present innovative ways for applying calculus to real-world situations in the business, economics, life science, and social science disciplines. The text's straightforward, engaging approach fosters the growth of both mathematical maturity and an appreciation for the usefulness of mathematics. The authors' tried and true formula — pairing substantial amounts of graphical analysis and informal geometric proofs with an abundance of hands-on exercizes — has proven to be tremendously successful. Functions, derivatives, applications of the derivative, techniques of differentiations, exponential and natural logarithm functions, definite integral, variables, trigonometric functions, integration, differential equations, Taylor polynomials and probability. For individuals interested in an introduction to calculus applications.