Brief Calculus

An Applied Approach

Michael Sullivan

672 pages, parution le 09/09/2004 (8^eme édition)

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Résumé

This accessible introduction to Calculus is designed to engage readers and demonstrate how calculus applies to various fields of study. The text is packed with real data and real-life applications to business, economics, social and life sciences.

L'auteur - Michael Sullivan

is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Chicago State University where he taught for 35 years before retiring a few years ago. Dr. Sullivan is a member of American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges. He is President of Text and Academic Authors Association and represents that organization on the Authors Coalition of America, Mike has been writing textbooks in mathematics for over 30 years. He currently has 13c books in print: 3 texts with John Wiley & Sons and 10 with Prentice-Hall. Six of these titles are co-authored with his son, Michael Sullivan III. He has four children: Kathleen, who teaches college mathematics; Michael, who teaches college mathematics, Dan who is a Prentice-Hall sales representative, and Colleen, who teaches middle school mathematics. Nine grandchildren round out the family.

Sommaire

Review.
Functions and Their Graphs.
Classes of Functions
The Limit of a Function.
The Derivative of a Function.
Applications: Graphing Functions; Optimization.
The Integral of a Function and Applications.
Other Applications and Extensions of the Integral.
Calculus of Functions of Two or More Variables.
Appendix: Graphing Utilities.
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems.

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Michael Sullivan
Parution	09/09/2004
Édition	8^eme édition
Nb. de pages	672
Format	21 x 26
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1450g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780471452027
ISBN13	978-0-471-45202-7