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Applied Mathematics for Business, Economics, Life Sciences and Social Sciences

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ISBN-10: 0130655805

ISBN-13: 9780130655806

Edition: 8th 2003

Authors: Raymond A. Barnett, Michael R. Ziegler, Karl E. Byleen

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For two-term, or condensed one-term, freshman/sophomore-level courses in Finite Math and calculus. This mathematically correct, accessible, and student friendly text prepares students for the math they will encounter as they matriculate through a wide range of disciplines. The text's optional graphing calculator material is presented thoughtfully and makes Barnett ideal in course employing the graphing calculator. The emphasis throughout is on computational skills, ideas, and problem solving-rather than mathematical theory. Most derivations and proofs are omitted except where their inclusion adds significant insight into a particular concept. General concepts and results are usually…    
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Book details

List price: $125.00
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 5/24/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1296
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 5.390
Language: English

Preface
A Library of Elementary Functions
A Beginning Library of Elementary Functions
Functions
Elementary Functions: Graphs and Transformations
Linear Functions and Straight Lines
Quadratic Functions
Important Terms and Symbols
Review Exercise
Introduction to Regression Analysis
Mathematical Modeling in Business
Additional Elementary Functions
Polynomial and Rational Functions
Exponential Functions
Logarithmic Functions
Important Terms and Symbols
Review Exercise
Comparing the Growth of Exponential and Polynomial Functions, and Logarithmic and Root Functions
Comparing Regression Models
Finite Mathematics
Mathematics of Finance
Simple Interest
Compound Interest
Future Value of an Annuity; Sinking Funds
Present Value of an Annuity; Amortization
Important Terms and Symbols
Review Exercise
Reducing Interest Payments on a Home Mortgage
Yield to Maturity and Internal Rate of Return
Systems of Linear Equations; Matrices
Review: Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables
Systems of Linear Equations and Augmented Matrices
Gauss-Jordan Elimination
Matrices: Basic Operations
Inverse of a Square Matrix
Matrix Equations and Systems of Linear Equations
Leontief Input-Output Analysis
Important Terms and Symbols
Review Exercise
Using Matrices to Find Cost, Revenue, and Profit
Direct and Indirect Operating Costs
Linear Inequalities and Linear Programming
Systems of Linear Inequalities in Two Variables
Linear Programming in Two Dimensions--A Geometric Approach
A Geometric Introduction to the Simplex Method
The Simplex Method: Maximization with Problem Constraints of the Form [less than or equal]
The Dual; Minimization with Problem Constraints of the Form [great than or equal]
Maximization and Minimization with Mixed Problem Constraints
Important Terms and Symbols
Review Exercise
The Two-Phase Method (An Alternative to the Big M Method)
Production Scheduling
Probability
Basic Counting Principles
Permutations and Combinations
Sample Spaces, Events, and Probability
Union, Intersection, and Complement of Events; Odds
Conditional Probability, Intersection, and Independence
Bayes' Formula
Random Variable, Probability Distribution, and Expected Value
Important Terms and Symbols
Review Exercise
Car and Crying Towels
Simulation--A Draft Lottery for Professional Sports
Markov Chains
Properties of Markov Chains
Regular Markov Chains
Absorbing Markov Chains
Important Terms and Symbols
Review Exercise
Social Mobility
Gambler's Ruin
Calculus
The Derivative
Rate of Change and Slope
Limits
The Derivative
Derivatives of Constants, Power Forms, and Sums
Derivatives of Products and Quotients
Chain Rule: Power Form
Marginal Analysis in Business and Economics
Important Terms and Symbols
Summary of Rules of Differentiation
Review Exercise
Minimal Average Cost
Numerical Differentiation on a Graphing Utility
Graphing and Optimization
Continuity and Graphs
First Derivative and Graphs
Second Derivative and Graphs
Curve Sketching Techniques: Unified and Extended
Optimization; Absolute Maxima and Minima
Important Terms and Symbols
Review Exercise
Maximizing Profit
Minimizing Construction Costs
Additional Derivative Topics
The Constant e and Continuous Compound Interest
Derivatives of Logarithmic and Exponential Functions
Chain Rule: General Form
Implicit Differentiation
Related Rates
Important Terms and Symbols
Additional Rules of Differentiation
Review Exercise
Elasticity of Demand
Point of Diminishing Returns
Integration
Antiderivatives and Indefinite Integrals
Integration by Substitution
Differential Equations--Growth and Decay
A Geometric-Numeric Introduction to the Definite Integral
Definite Integral as a Limit of a Sum; Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Important Terms and Symbols
Integration Formulas and Properties
Review Exercise
Simpson's Rule
Bell-Shaped Curves
Additional Integration Topics
Area between Curves
Applications in Business and Economics
Integration by Parts
Integration Using Tables
Important Terms and Symbols
Review Exercise
Analysis of Income Concentration from Raw Data
Grain Exchange
Multivariable Calculus
Functions of Several Variables
Partial Derivatives
Maxima and Minima
Maxima and Minima Using Lagrange Multipliers
Method of Least Squares
Double Integrals Over Rectangular Regions
Important Terms and Symbols
Review Exercise
City Planning
Numerical Integration of Multivariable Functions
Differential Equations
Basic Concepts
Separation of Variables
First-Order Linear Differential Equations
Important Terms and Symbols
Review Exercise
Torricelli's Law
Euler's Method
Probability and Calculus
Improper Integrals
Continuous Random Variables
Expected Value, Standard Deviation, and Median
Special Probability Distributions
Important Terms and Symbols
Review Exercise
Beta Distributions
Chi-Square Distributions
Special Topics
Sequences, Series, and Summation Notation
Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
The Binomial Theorem
Increments and Differentials
L'Hopital's Rule
Double Integrals Over More General Regions
Tables 1085
Basic Geometric Formulas
Integration Formulas
Area Under the Standard Normal Curve
Answers
Index
Library of Elementary Functions
Applications Index