The everything guide to calculus I
Subtitle: a step-by-step guide to the basics of calculus-- in plain English!
By: Greg Hill
Series: Everything series; Everything series
Publisher: Adams Media
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Avon, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781440506291
Subjects: Calculus
Other titles: Calculus I
Description: Calculus is the basis of all advanced science and math, but can be very intimidating. If finding derivatives or understanding integrals has you stumped, this guide offers hundreds of practice exercises and covers all the key concepts of calculus.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The top 10 ways to be successful in calculus; title: Prerequisite skills; title: Start building with limits; title: The importance of continuity; title: Getting differentiability straight; title: Derivatives of polynomials; title: Derivatives of trigonometric functions; title: The chain rule; title: Derivatives of other functions; title: Derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions; title: Higher-order derivatives; title: Graph analysis using derivatives; title: Applications of derivatives; title: Area by numerical methods; title: The definitive integral explored; title: The fundamental theorem of calculus; title: Methods of antidifferentiation; title: Indefinite integrals; title: The integral as an accumulator; title: Applications of integrals.