Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change, 5th Edition

This innovative text features a graphing calculator approach, incorporating real-life applications and such technology as graphing utilities and Excel spreadsheets to help students learn mathematical skills that they will use in their lives and careers. The texts overall goal is to improve learning of basic calculus concepts by involving students with new material in a way that is different from traditional practice. The development of conceptual understanding coupled with a commitment to make calculus meaningful to the student are guiding forces. Targeted toward students majoring in liberal arts, economics, business, management, and the life and social sciences, the text’s focus on technology along with its use of real data and situations make it a sound choice to help you develop an intuitive, practical understanding of concepts.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Ingredients Of Change: Functions And Limits
Chapter 2: Describing Change: Rates
Chapter 3: Determining Change: Derivatives
Chapter 4: Analyzing Change: Applications Of Derivatives
Chapter 5: Accumulating Change: Limits Of Sums And The Definite Integral
Chapter 6: Analyzing Accumulated Change: Integrals In Action
Chapter 7: Ingredients Of Multivariable Change: Models, Graphs, Rates
Chapter 8: Analyzing Multivariable Change: Optimization