Just-in-time algebra and trigonometry for early transcendentals calculus (4th ed ) (4th Ed.)
Auteurs : Mueller Guntram, Brent Ronald
Are you ready to ace calculus at the college level? With this book, you will be! Professors often say ?Students don?t fail the calculus, they fail the algebra.? In other words, even if you understand calculus, your algebra and trigonometry skills can hold you back. Here?s a quick quiz?do you remember how to:
- Factor trinomials?
- Solve equations containing exponents and logs?
- Work with inverse trig functions?
If not, that?s where this book comes in handy! Just-in-Time is designed to bolster the algebra and trigonometry skills you?ll need while you study calculus. As you make your way through the course, Just-in-Time is with you every step of the way, showing you the exact algebra or trigonometry topics that you?ll need and pointing out potential problem spots. The easy-to-use Table of Contents features the calculus subject listed directly across from the algebra/trigonometry skills needed to master that topic. Use this book as your study companion and put your anxiety to rest!
Calculus Topic: Review of Basics
1. Numbers and Their Disguises
Multiplying and dividing fractions, adding and subtracting fractions, parentheses, exponents, roots, percent, scientific notation, calculators, rounding, intervals
Calculus Topic: Circles, Parabolas, etc.
2. Completing the Square
Completing the square in one and two variables
Calculus Topic: Equations
3. Solving Equations
Equations of degree 1 and 2, solving other types of equations, rational equations, the zero-factor property
Calculus Topic: Algebraic Functions and Graphs
4. Functions and Their Graphs
Introduction, equations of lines, power functions, shifting graphs, intersection of curves
Calculus Topic: Transcendental Functions
5. Cyclic Phenomena: The Six Basic Trigonometric Functions
Angles, definitions of the six trigonometric functions, basic identities, special angles, sum formulas, graphs of complex trigonometric functions
6. Exponential Functions
The family of exponentials, the function ex
7. Composition and Inverse Functions
Composite functions, the idea of inverses, finding an inverse of f given by a graph, finding the inverse of f given by an expression
8. Logarithmic Functions
Definition of logarithms, logs as inverses of exponential functions, laws of logarithms, the natural logarithm
9. Inverse Trigonometric Functions
The definition of arcsin x, the functions arctan x and arcsec x, inverse trigonometric identities
Calculus Topic: Limits
10. Changing the Form of a Function
Factoring, canceling, long division, rationalizing, extracting a factor from under a root
Calculus Topic: Derivatives
11. Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
Working with difference quotients and rational functions, canceling common factors, rationalizing expressions
Calculus Topic: The Chain Rule
12. Decomposition of Functions
Inner, outer, and outermost functions, decomposing composite functions
Calculus Topic: Implicit Differentiation
13. Equations of Degree 1 Revisited
Solving linear equations involving derivatives
Calculus Topic: Related Rates, Applied Max-Min Problems
14. Word Problems, Algebraic and Transcendental
Applied Max-Min Problems, Algebraic word problems, the geometry of rectangles, circles and spheres, trigonometric word problems, right angle triangles, the law of sines and the law of cosines, exponential growth and decay
Calculus Topic: Integrating Trigonometric Functions
15. Trigonometric Identities
Rewriting trigonometric expressions using identities.
Appendices
A. The Binomial Theorem
B. Derivation of The Quadratic Formula
Answers to Exercises
IndexGuntram B. Mueller received his PhD in Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame. He has taught calculus many times and is very familiar with the typical strengths and weaknesses in the backgrounds of his students. That experience is what guided him, in cooperation with Dr. Ron Brent, in writing the Just-in-Time series. His advice? Buy the book! It's got just what you need, just in time.
Ronald I. Brent is a Professor of Mathematics at University of Massachusetts, Lowell, where he has taught since 1987. He earned his PhD in Mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Brent is the author of many publications, including three Just-In-Time mathematics texts. His main advice to his calculus students is: “Work on your homework as if your life in this course depends upon it. Because it does!”
- Topics are ordered to correspond to a typical calculus course, for instance, the topic “composition and decomposition of functions” is listed as a prerequisite for the Chain Rule.
- Extensive exercise sets, especially in the sections on word problems, exponentials, and logarithms, give more opportunities for both students and instructors to tailor exercises to their specific needs.
- Precisely written text makes the concepts clear and gives students what they need to succeed in calculus.
- Odd-numbered exercises have answers in the back of the book. Answers to the even-numbered exercises are available to professors on Pearson’s Instructor Resource Center.
Date de parution : 09-2012
Ouvrage de 206 p.
21.5x28 cm
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