Calculus and Its Applications, Brief Version

Description

For one-semester courses in Applied Calculus. 

Anticipating and meeting student needs

Calculus and Its Applications, Brief Version remains a best-selling text because of its intuitive approach that anticipates student needs, and a writing style that pairs clear explanations with carefully crafted figures to help students visualize concepts. Key enhancements in the 12th Edition include the earlier introduction of logarithmic and exponential functions to help students master these important functions and their applications. 

The text’s accompanying MyLab™ Math course also has been revised substantially, as new co-author Gene Kramer (University of Cincinnati, Blue Ash) revisited every homework question and learning aid to improve  content clarity and accuracy. These and all other aspects of the new edition are designed to motivate and help students more readily understand and apply principles of calculus.

Note: The title of this text was formerly Calculus and Its Applications.

Also available with MyLab Math

By combining trusted author content with digital tools and a flexible platform, MyLab Math personalizes the learning experience and improves results for each student.

Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab Math does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab Math, ask your instructor to confirm the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

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• 0135164885 / 9780135164884 Calculus and Its Applications, Brief Version
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Hallmark features of this title

• Informal explanations and visual representations are often provided in addition to formal definitions.
• All exercise sets include real-world applications, detailed figures and graphs. Exercise sets also include Thinking and Writing, Synthesis, Technology Connection, and Concept Reinforcement exercises.
  • Technology Connection illustrates technology such as graphing calculators and Excel spreadsheets.
• Extended Technology Applications are more challenging, using real applications and real data, and require step-by-step analysis that encourages group work.
• Timely help for gaps in algebra skills helps students target weak areas and work on when needed.
• Strategic use of color and a friendly writing style enhances readability.

For one-semester courses in Applied Calculus. 

Anticipating and meeting student needs

Calculus and Its Applications, Brief Version remains a best-selling text because of its intuitive approach that anticipates student needs, and a writing style that pairs clear explanations with carefully crafted figures to help students visualize concepts. Key enhancements in the 12th Edition include the earlier introduction of logarithmic and exponential functions to help students master these important functions and their applications. 

The text’s accompanying MyLab™ Math course also has been revised substantially, as new co-author Gene Kramer (University of Cincinnati, Blue Ash) revisited every homework question and learning aid to improve  content clarity and accuracy. These and all other aspects of the new edition are designed to motivate and help students more readily understand and apply principles of calculus.

Note: The title of this text was formerly Calculus and Its Applications.

Also available with MyLab Math 

MyLab™ Math is the teaching and learning platform that empowers you to reach every student. By combining trusted author content with digital tools and a flexible platform, MyLab Math personalizes the learning experience and improves results for each student. Learn more about MyLab Math.

New and updated features of this title

• Recurring themes are reinforced and expanded throughout: for example, disjoint intervals are now introduced in R.3 to prepare students for appropriate intervals of domain later in the course.
• Exponential and logarithmic functions are now covered earlier (Ch. 2), preparing students for more interesting applications earlier in the course.
• Updated applications from a range of fields are integrated throughout as applied examples and exercises, and are featured in separate application sections. Applications now include even more real data.
• Changes in Ch. 4 include increased focus on antidifferentiation as accumulation, using easy intuitive examples to appeal to a student’s familiarity from real life. A new section 4.7 on numerical methods of integration has been added.
• Former section 2.8 is split into two (3.8 and 3.9) to lighten the content load. 3.8 covers implicit differentiation (including a subsection on logarithmic differentiation), while 3.9 covers related rates with more examples than before.
• Spreadsheets are incorporated as a means to explain concepts, when appropriate.

About our authors

Marvin Bittinger has been teaching math at the university level for more than 38 years. Since 1968, he has been employed at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, and is now professor emeritus of mathematics education. Professor Bittinger has authored over 250 publications on topics ranging from basic mathematics to algebra and trigonometry to applied calculus. He received his BA in mathematics from Manchester College and his PhD in mathematics education from Purdue University. Special honors include Distinguished Visiting Professor at the United States Air Force Academy and his election to the Manchester College Board of Trustees from 1992 to 1999. His hobbies include hiking in Utah, baseball, golf, and bowling. Professor Bittinger has also had the privilege of speaking at many mathematics conventions, most recently giving a lecture entitled “Baseball and Mathematics.” In addition, he also has an interest in philosophy and theology, particularly apologetics. Professor Bittinger currently lives in Carmel, Indiana, with his wife, Elaine. He has 2 grown and married sons, Lowell and Chris, and 4 granddaughters.

David Ellenbogen has taught math at the college level for over 30 years, spending most of that time in the Massachusetts and Vermont community college systems, where he has served on both curriculum and developmental math committees. He has also taught at St. Michael’s College and the University of Vermont. Professor Ellenbogen has been active in the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges since 1985, having served on its Developmental Mathematics Committee and as a Vermont state delegate. He has been a member of the Mathematical Association of America since 1979, has authored dozens of publications on topics ranging from prealgebra to calculus, and has delivered lectures at numerous conferences on the use of language in mathematics. Professor Ellenbogen received his BA in mathematics from Bates College and his MA in community college mathematics education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a certificate of graduate study in Ecological Economics from the University of Vermont. Professor Ellenbogen has a deep love for the environment and the outdoors, and serves on the boards of 3 nonprofit organizations in his home state of Vermont. In his spare time, he enjoys playing jazz piano, hiking, biking, and skiing. He has two sons, Monroe and Zack.

Scott Surgent received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in mathematics from the University of California – Riverside, and has taught mathematics at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona since 1994. He is an avid sports fan and has authored books on hockey, baseball, and hiking. Scott enjoys hiking and climbing the mountains of the western United States. He was active in search and rescue, including 6 years as an Emergency Medical Technician with the Central Arizona Mountain Rescue Association (Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office) from 1998 until 2004. Scott and his wife Beth live in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Gene Kramer received his PhD from the University of Cincinnati, where he researched the well-posedness of initial-boundary value problems for nonlinear wave equations. He is currently a professor of mathematics at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College. He is active in scholarship of teaching and learning research and is a member of the Academy of the Fellows for Teaching and Learning at the University of Cincinnati. He is a co-founder and an editor for The Journal for Research and Practice in College Teaching and serves as a Peer Reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission.

Additional information

Dimensions	1.30 × 8.50 × 10.80 in
Imprint	Pearson
Format	gen
ISBN-13	09780135164884
ISBN-10	0135164885
Author	Marvin L. Bittinger, David J. Ellenbogen, Scott A. Surgent, Gene Kramer
Subjects	mathematics, higher education, applied calculus, applied math, Calculus, Applied & Advanced Math