Calculus Essentials For Dummies (eBook)

Mark Ryan (Autor)

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2010 | 1. Auflage
192 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-64267-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Many colleges and universities require students to take at leastone math course, and Calculus I is often the chosen option.Calculus Essentials For Dummies provides explanations of keyconcepts for students who may have taken calculus in high schooland want to review the most important concepts as they gear up fora faster-paced college course. Free of review and ramp-up material,Calculus Essentials For Dummies sticks to the point withcontent focused on key topics only. It provides discreteexplanations of critical concepts taught in a typical two-semesterhigh school calculus class or a college level Calculus I course,from limits and differentiation to integration and infinite series.This guide is also a perfect reference for parents who need toreview critical calculus concepts as they help high school studentswith homework assignments, as well as for adult learners headedback into the classroom who just need a refresher of the coreconcepts.

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Autor

Mark Ryan is the owner of The Math Center in Chicago, Illinois, where he teaches students in all levels of mathematics, from pre-algebra to calculus. He is the author of Calculus For Dummies and Geometry For Dummies.

Inhalt

Introduction.

Chapter 1: Calculus: No Big Deal.

Chapter 2: Limits and Continuity.

Chapter 3: Evaluating Limits.

Chapter 4: Differentiation Orientation.

Chapter 5: Differentiation Rules.

Chapter 6: Differentiation and the Shape of Curves.

Chapter 7: Differentiation Problems.

Chapter 8: Introduction to Integration.

Chapter 9: Integration: Backwards Differentiation.

Chapter 10: Integration for Experts.

Chapter 11: Using the Integral to Solve Problems.

Chapter 12: Eight Things to Remember.

Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.4.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Analysis
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Analysis • Calculus • Mathematics • Mathematik
• ISBN-10: 0-470-64267-X / 047064267X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-64267-2 / 9780470642672