A revision of the best selling innovative Calculus text on the market. A product of an NSF funded grant, this next generation text is concise in number of topics and lenth. Functions are presented graphically, numerically, algebraically, and verbally to give students the benefit of alternate interpretations. The text is problem driven with exceptional exercises based on real world applications from engineering, physics, life sciences, and economics.
Technology is used as a tool to help students learn to think mathematically.
The second edition continues its focused vision by covering only the essential calculus topics students need for later courses. New to This Edition New thread of honors sections, called Focus on Theory, that build upon the student's geometric intuition. These sections present case studies in the formulation of axioms, definitions, and proof, including the completeness axiom, the definition of limit, the Extreme Value Theorem, and the Mean Value Theorem. New section on limits and continuity in Chapter 1. New section on limits, l'Hopital's Rule, and relative growth rates in Chapter 4.