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Calculus of a Single Variable: Early Transcendental Functions

By Ron Larson, Bruce H. Edwards

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Clearly introduce and demonstrate the concepts and rules behind calculus with the strong student-oriented approach in CALCULUS OF A SINGLE VARIABLE: EARLY TRANSCENDENTAL FUNCTIONS, 8th Edition by award-winning authors Larson and Edwards. This edition's updated and new innovative teaching and learning resources, based on proven learning design principles, remove typical learning barriers to help you create a carefully planned, inclusive experience for all students. New "Big Ideas of Calculus" notes highlight overarching ideas behind chapter topics, while annotated examples, "Concept Checks" and visually driven exercises guide students in mastering key concepts. New automatically graded Proof Problems, Expanded Problems and "Explore It" interactive learning modules within WebAssign digital resources foster a deeper conceptual understanding as students apply concepts. In addition, CalcView.com, CalcChat.com and LarsonCalculus.com offer tutorial support to further your students' understanding.

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Clearly introduce and demonstrate the concepts and rules behind calculus with the strong student-oriented approach in CALCULUS OF A SINGLE VARIABLE: EARLY TRANSCENDENTAL FUNCTIONS, 8th Edition by award-winning authors Larson and Edwards. This edition's updated and new innovative teaching and learning resources, based on proven learning design principles, remove typical learning barriers to help you create a carefully planned, inclusive experience for all students. New "Big Ideas of Calculus" notes highlight overarching ideas behind chapter topics, while annotated examples, "Concept Checks" and visually driven exercises guide students in mastering key concepts. New automatically graded Proof Problems, Expanded Problems and "Explore It" interactive learning modules within WebAssign digital resources foster a deeper conceptual understanding as students apply concepts. In addition, CalcView.com, CalcChat.com and LarsonCalculus.com offer tutorial support to further your students' understanding.

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Chapter 1: Preparation for Calculus*Preview this chapter
Chapter 2: Limits and Their Properties
Chapter 3: Differentiation
Chapter 4: Applications of Differentiation
Chapter 5: Integration
Chapter 6: Differential Equations
Chapter 7: Applications of Integration
Chapter 8: Integration Techniques and Improper Integrals
Chapter 9: Infinite Series
Chapter 10: Conics, Parametric Equations, and Polar Coordinates
Chapter 11: Vectors and the Geometry of Space
Chapter 12: Vector-Valued Functions
Chapter 13: Functions of Several Variables
Chapter 14: Multiple Integration
Chapter 15: Vector Analysis
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1.1
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1.3
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Review of Trigonometric Functions ↗
1.5
Inverse Functions ↗
1.6
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