Doing Calculus with Scientific Notebook®

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Scientific WorkPlace & Scientific Word Carol Walker and Darel Hardy
©1997
270 pages
Publisher: Brooks/Cole Publishing
ISBN: 0-534-34546-8

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Table of Contents

Introduction

  0.1 Introduction to Scientific Notebook

  0.2 Functions and Their Graphs

  0.3 Types of Functions: Shifting and Scaling  21

  0.4 Graphing Calculators and Computers  25

  0.5 Principles of Mathematical Writing  26

Chapter 1: Limits and Rates of Change

  1.1 The Tangent and Velocity Problems  29

  1.2 The Limit of a Function  32

  1.3 Calculating Limits Using the Limit Laws  36

  1.4 The Precise Definition of a Limit  38

  1.5 Continuity  41

  1.6 Limits at Infinity; Horizontal Asymptotes  45

  1.7 Tangents, Velocities, and Other Rates of Change  47

Chapter 2: Derivatives

  2.1 Derivatives  51

  2.2 Differentiation Formulas  57

  2.3 Rates of Change in the Natural and Social Sciences  58

  2.4 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions  62

  2.5 The Chain Rule  64

  2.6 Implicit Differentiation  66

  2.7 Higher Derivatives  70

  2.8 Related Rates  74

  2.9 Differentials; Linear and Quadratic Approximations  77

  2.10 Newton's Method  80

Chapter 3: Inverse Functions

  3.1 Exponential Functions and Their Derivatives  85

  3.2 Inverse Functions  87

  3.3 Logarithmic Functions  90

  3.4 Derivatives of Logarithmic Functions  91

  3.5 Exponential Growth and Decay  94

  3.6 Inverse Trigonometric Functions  97

  3.7 Hyperbolic Functions  99

  3.8 Indeterminate Forms and l'Hospital's Rule  104

Chapter 4: The Mean Value Theorem and Curve Sketching

  4.1 Maximum and Minimum Values  109

  4.2 The Mean Value Theorem  111

  4.3 Monotonic Functions and the First Derivative Test  114

  4.4 Concavity and Points of Inflection  116

  4.5 Curve Sketching  120

  4.6 Graphing with Calculus and Calculators  122

  4.7 Applied Maximum and Minimum Problems  130

  4.8 Applications to Economics  136

  4.9 Antiderivatives  139

Chapter 5: Integrals

  5.1 Sigma Notation  143

  5.2 Area  146

  5.3 The Definite Integral  148

  5.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus  151

  5.5 The Substitution Rule  154

  5.6 The Logarithm Defined as an Integral  158

Chapter 6: Applications of Integration

  6.1 Areas Between Curves  161

  6.2 Volume  163

  6.3 Volumes by Cylindrical Shells  166

  6.4 Work  169

  6.5 Average Value of a Function  171

Chapter 7: Techniques of Integration

  7.1 Integration by Parts  175

  7.2 Trigonometric Integrals  177

  7.3 Trigonometric Substitution  180

  7.4 Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Fractions  181

  7.5 Rationalizing Substitutions  185

  7.6 Strategy for Integration  188

  7.7 Using Tables Of Integrals and Computer Algebra Systems  189

  7.8 Approximate Integration  190

  7.9 Improper integrals  195

Chapter 8: Further Applications of Integration

  8.1 Differential Equations  199

  8.2 Arc Length  201

  8.3 Area of a Surface of Revolution  203

  8.4 Moments and Centers of Mass  205

  8.5 Hydrostatic Pressure and Force  207

  8.6 Applications to Economics and Biology  209

Chapter 9: Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates

  9.1 Curves Defined by Parametric Equations  213

  9.2 Tangents and Areas  216

  9.3 Arc Length and Surface Area  219

  9.4 Polar Coordinates  221

  9.5 Areas and Lengths in Polar Coordinates  223

  9.6 Conic Sections  226

  9.7 Conic Sections in Polar Coordinates  229

Chapter 10: Infinite Sequences and Series

  10.1 Sequences  233

  10.2 Series  241

  10.3 The Integral Test and Estimates of Sums  243

  10.4 The Comparison Tests  245

  10.5 Alternating Series  248

  10.6 Absolute Convergence and the Ratio and Root Tests  250

  10.7 Strategy for Testing Series  252

  10.8 Power Series  252

  10.9 Representations of Functions as Power Series  255

  10.10 Taylor and Maclaurin Series  257

  10.11 The Binomial Series  261

  10.12 Applications of Taylor Polynomials  264



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