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Calculus

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ISBN-10: 061850298X

ISBN-13: 9780618502981

Edition: 8th 2006

Authors: Ron Larson, Bruce H. Edwards, Robert P. Hostetler

List price: $318.95
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Designed for the three-semester calculus course for math and science majors, "Calculus" continues to offer instructors and students new and innovative teaching and learning resources. This was the first calculus text to use computer-generated graphics, to include exercises involving the use of computers and graphing calculators, to be available in an interactive CD-ROM format, to be offered as a complete, online calculus course, and to offer a two-semester "Calculus I with Precalculus" text. Every edition of the series has made the mastery of traditional calculus skills a priority, while embracing the best features of new technology and, when appropriate, calculus reform ideas. Now, the…    
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List price: $318.95
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: CENGAGE Learning
Publication date: 1/11/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1328
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 6.226

The Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College Bio: Robert P. Hostetler received his Ph.D. in mathematics from The Pennsylvania State University in 1970. He has taught at Penn State for many years and has authored several calculus, precalculus, and intermediate algebra textbooks. His teaching specialties include remedial algebra, calculus, and math education, and his research interests include mathematics education and textbooks.

Applications of Integration
Area of a Region Between Two Curves
Volume: The Disk Method
Volume: The Shell Method Section Project: Saturn
Arc Length and Surfaces of Revolution
Work Section Project: Tidal Energy
Moments, Centers of Mass, and Centroids
Fluid Pressure and Fluid Force
Integration Techniques, L'Hocirc;pital's Rule, and Improper Integrals
Basic Integration Rules
Integration by Parts
Trigonometric Integrals Section Project: Power Lines
Trigonometric Substitution
Partial Fractions
Integration by Tables and Other Integration Techniques
Indeterminate Forms and L'Hocirc;pital's Rule
Improper Integrals
Infinite Series
Sequences
Series and Convergence Section Project: Cantor's Disappearing Table
The Integral Test and p-Series Section Project: The Harmonic Series
Comparisons of Series Section Project: Solera Method
Alternating Series
The Ratio and Root Tests
Taylor Polynomials and Approximations
Power Series
Representation of Functions by Power Series
Taylor and Maclaurin Series
Conics, Parametric Equations, and Polar Coordinates
Conics and Calculus
Plane Curves and Parametric Equations Section Project: Cycloids
Parametric Equations and Calculus
Polar Coordinates and Polar Graphs Section Project: Anamorphic Art
Area and Arc Length in Polar Coordinates
Polar Equations of Conics and Kepler's Laws
Vectors and the Geometry of Space
Vectors in the Plane
Space Coordinates and Vectors in Space
The Dot Product of Two Vectors
The Cross Product of Two Vectors in Space
Lines and Planes in Space Section Project: Distances in Space
Surfaces in Space
Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
Appendices
Proofs of Selected Theorems
Integration Tables
Additional Topics in Differential Equations (Web only)
Precalculus Review (Web only)
Rotation and the General Second-Degree Equation (Web only)
Complex Numbers (Web only)
Business and Economic Applications (Web only)