Mark Ryan (The Math Center, Winnetka, IL)

Calculus for Dummies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Calculus For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119293491) was previously published as Calculus For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781118791295). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 187mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 730g
• ISBN-13: 9781119293491
• ISBN-10: 1119293499
• Artikelnr.: 44960611

Autorenporträt

Mark Ryan is the founder and owner of The Math Center, a math and test prep tutoring center in Winnetka, Illinois. He is the author of Calculus Workbook For Dummies, Calculus Essentials For Dummies, and three books on geometry in the For Dummies series. Ryan has taught junior high and high school math since 1989. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1
Part 1: An Overview of Calculus 5
Chapter 1: What Is Calculus? 7
Chapter 2: The Two Big Ideas of Calculus: Differentiation and Integration -
plus Infinite Series 13
Chapter 3: Why Calculus Works 21
Part 2: Warming Up with Calculus Prerequisites 27
Chapter 4: Pre-Algebra and Algebra Review 29
Chapter 5: Funky Functions and Their Groovy Graphs 43
Chapter 6: The Trig Tango 61
Part 3: Limits 73
Chapter 7: Limits and Continuity 75
Chapter 8: Evaluating Limits 89
Part 4: Differentiation 105
Chapter 9: Differentiation Orientation 107
Chapter 10: Differentiation Rules - Yeah, Man, It Rules 127
Chapter 11: Differentiation and the Shape of Curves 147
Chapter 12: Your Problems Are Solved: Differentiation to the Rescue! 171
Chapter 13: More Differentiation Problems: Going Off on a Tangent 193
Part 5: Integration and Infinite Series 207
Chapter 14: Intro to Integration and Approximating Area 209
Chapter 15: Integration: It's Backwards Differentiation 233
Chapter 16: Integration Techniques for Experts 263
Chapter 17: Forget Dr Phil: Use the Integral to Solve Problems 285
Chapter 18: Taming the Infinite with Improper Integrals 303
Chapter 19: Infinite Series 315
Part 6: The Part of Tens 339
Chapter 20: Ten Things to Remember 341
Chapter 21: Ten Things to Forget 345
Chapter 22: Ten Things You Can't Get Away With 349
Index 353