| Description |
x, 230, xii p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Exactly who and what is your instructor? -- General principles of acing calculus -- Good and bad questions -- Are you ready? Calc prereqs -- How to handle the exam -- Lines, circles, and their friends -- Limits : you gotta have them -- Continuity, or why you shouldn't ski down discontinuous slopes -- What is the derivative : change is good -- Limit definition of the derivative : finding derivatives the hard way -- Derivatives : how to find them the easy way -- Velocity : put the pedal to the metal -- Chain rule : S&M made easy -- Graphing : how to doodle like an expert -- Maxima and minima : the bread and butter section -- Implicit differentiation : let's be oblique -- Related rates : you change, I change -- Differential : estimating your way to fame and glory -- Intermediate value theorem and mean value theorem -- Integration : doing it all backward -- Definite integral -- Modeling : from toy planes to the runway -- Exponents and logarithms : a review of all that "e" hoopla -- Doing that calc thing to exponents and logs -- Logarithmic differentiation : making the hard stuff easy -- Exponential growth and decay : rise and fall of slime -- Fancy-pants techniques of integration -- Twenty most common exam mistakes -- What's on the final? |
| Subject |
Calculus -- Study and teaching.
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| Added Author |
Hass, Joel.
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Thompson, Abigail.
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| ISBN |
0716731606 |
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0716732874 (textbook) |
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