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

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Donald R. LaTorre, John W. Kenelly, Iris B. Reed, Laurel R. Carpenter, Cynthia R. Harris, Sherry Biggers
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  • Chapter 1: Ingredients of Change: Functions an Limits
    • 1.1: Functions: Four Representations (12)
    • 1.2: Function Behavior and End Behavior Limits (13)
    • 1.3: Limits and Continuity (13)
    • 1.4: Linear Functions and Models (15)
    • 1.5: Exponential Functions and Models (18)
    • 1.6: Models in Finance (10)
    • 1.7: Constructed Functions (17)
    • 1.8: Logarithmic Functions and Models (11)
    • 1.9: Quadratic Functions and Models (7)
    • 1.10: Logistic Functions and Models (10)
    • 1.11: Cubic Functions and Models (8)
    • 1.12: Cyclic Functions and Models (13)
    • 1: Review Activities (11)

  • Chapter 2: Describing Change: Rates
    • 2.1: Measures of Change over an Interval (15)
    • 2.2: Measures of Change at a Point—Graphical (14)
    • 2.3: Rates of Change—Notation and Interpretation (15)
    • 2.4: Rates of Change—Numerical Limits and Nonexistence (16)
    • 2.5: Rates of Change Defined over Intervals (8)
    • 2.6: Rate–of–Change Graphs (15)
    • 2: Review Activities (18)

  • Chapter 3: Determining Change: Derivatives
    • 3.1: Simple Rate–of–Change Formulas (19)
    • 3.2: Exponential, Logarithmic, and Cyclic Rate–of–Change Formulas (14)
    • 3.3: Rates of Change for Functions That Can Be Composed (14)
    • 3.4: Rates of Change of Composite Functions (19)
    • 3.5: Rates of Change for Functions That Can Be Multiplied (12)
    • 3.6: Rates of Change of Product Functions (14)
    • 3.7: Limits of Quotients and L'Hôpital's Rule (9)
    • 3: Review Activities (8)

  • Chapter 4: Analyzing Change: Applications of Derivatives
    • 4.1: Linearization and Estimates (14)
    • 4.2: Relative Extreme Points (15)
    • 4.3: Absolute Extreme Points (14)
    • 4.4: Inflection Points and Second Derivatives (20)
    • 4.5: Marginal Analysis (10)
    • 4.6: Optimization of Constructed Functions (6)
    • 4.7: Related Rates (7)
    • 4: Review Activities (18)

  • Chapter 5: Accumulating Change: Limits of Sums and the Definite Integral
    • 5.1: An Introduction to Results of Change (15)
    • 5.2: Limits of Sums and the Definite Integral (15)
    • 5.3: Accumulation Functions (14)
    • 5.4: The Fundamental Theorem (23)
    • 5.5: Antiderivative Formulas for Exponential, Natural Log, and Sine Functions (19)
    • 5.6: The Definite Integral—Algebraically (16)
    • 5.7: Differences of Accumulated Change (14)
    • 5.8: Average Value and Average Rate of Change (15)
    • 5.9: Integration of Product or Composite Functions (20)
    • 5: Review Activities (12)

  • Chapter 6: Analyzing Accumulated Change: Integrals in Action
    • 6.1: Perpetual Accumulation and Improper Integrals (20)
    • 6.2: Streams in Business and Biology (16)
    • 6.3: Calculus in Economics: Demand and Elasticity (9)
    • 6.4: Calculus in Economics: Supply and Equilibrium (7)
    • 6.5: Calculus in Probability (Part 1) (18)
    • 6.6: Calculus in Probability (Part 2) (16)
    • 6.7: Differential Equations: Slope Fields and Solutions (18)
    • 6.8: Differential Equations: Proportionality and Common Forms (23)
    • 6: Review Activities (10)

  • Chapter 7: Ingredients of Multivariable Change: Models, Graphs, Rates
    • 7.1: Multivariable Functions and Contour Graphs (24)
    • 7.2: Cross–Sectional Models and Rates of Change (15)
    • 7.3: Partial Rates of Change (28)
    • 7.4: Compensating for Change (7)
    • 7: Review Activities (10)

  • Chapter 8: Analyzing Multivariable Change: Optimization
    • 8.1: Extreme Points and Saddle Points (16)
    • 8.2: Multivariable Optimization (18)
    • 8.3: Optimization under Constraints (21)
    • 8.4: Least-Squares Optimization (5)
    • 8: Review Activities (8)

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