Functions modeling change: a preparation for calculus

produced by the Calculus Consortium and initially funded by a National Science Foundation grant; Eric Connally. [et al.]

ISBN 10: 0471456535 / ISBN 13: 9780471456537

Published by Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2004., 2004

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ISBN 0471456535. Trade Paperback. Textbook. Second edition. Tight sound copy in good condition with highlighting to a couple pages of the text, water damage and slight rippling to pages on bottom edge of book, some creasing to covers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Functions modeling change: a preparation for calculus
• Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2004.
• Publication Date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0471456535
• ISBN 13: 9780471456537
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Later Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket
• Signed: No Signature
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mathematics

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Synopsis

This is a new edition of the precalculus text developed by the Consortium based at Harvard University and funded by a National Science Foundation Grant. The text is thought-provoking for well-prepared students while still accessible to students with weaker backgrounds. It provides numerical and graphical approaches as well as algebraic approaches to give students another way of mastering the material. This approach encourages students to persist, thereby lowering failure rates. A large number of real-world examples and problems enable students to create mathematical models that will help them understand the world in which they live.

The focus is on those topics that are essential to the study of calculus and these topics are treated in depth.

• Linear, exponential, power, and periodic functions are introduced before polynomial and rational functions to take advantage of their use to model physical phenomena.
• Building on the Consortium's Rule of Four: Each function is represented symbolically, numerically, graphically, and verbally where appropriate.