Calculus: Early Transcendentals

by James Stewart

Overview

These best-selling texts differ from CALCULUS, FOURTH EDITION in that the exponential and logarithmic functions are covered earlier. In the Fourth Edition CALCULUS, EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS these functions are introduced in the first chapter and their limits and derivatives are found in Chapters 2 and 3 at the same time as polynomials and other elementary functions.
In this Fourth Edition, Stewart retains the focus on problem solving, the meticulous accuracy, the patient explanations, and the carefully graded problems that have made these texts word so well for a wide range of students. All new and unique features in CALCULUS, FOURTH EDITION have been incorporated into these revisions also.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780538497909
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	11/19/2010
Series:	Textbooks Available with Cengage YouBook Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	1344
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 11.34(h) x 1.72(d)

About the Author

James Stewart received the M.S. degree from Stanford University and the Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. After two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of London, he became Professor of Mathematics at McMaster University. His research has been in harmonic analysis and functional analysis. Stewart’s books include a series of high school textbooks as well as a best-selling series of calculus textbooks published by Cengage Learning. He is also co-author, with Lothar Redlin and Saleem Watson, of a series of college algebra and precalculus textbooks. Translations of his books include those into Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Greek, Indonesian and Japanese. A talented violinist, Stewart was concertmaster of the McMaster Symphony Orchestra for many years and played professionally in the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. He has given more than 20 talks worldwide on mathematics and music. Stewart was named a Fellow of the Fields Institute in 2002 and was awarded an honorary D.Sc. in 2003 by McMaster University. The library of the Fields Institute is named after him. The James Stewart Mathematics Centre was opened in October, 2003, at McMaster University.

Daniel Clegg received his B.A. in Mathematics from California State University, Fullerton and his M.A. in Mathematics from UCLA. He is currently a professor of mathematics at Palomar College near San Diego, California, where he has taught for more than 20 years. Clegg co-authored BRIEF APPLIED CALCULUS with James Stewart and also assisted Stewart with various aspects of his calculus texts and ancillaries for almost 20 years.

Saleem Watson received his bachelor of science degree from Andrews University in Michigan. He completed his graduate studies at Dalhousie University and McMaster University, where he received his Ph.D. Dr. Watson conducted subsequently research at the Mathematics Institute of the University of Warsaw in Poland. He taught mathematics at Pennsylvania State University before serving at California State University, Long Beach, where he is currently professor emeritus. Dr. Watson's research encompasses the field of functional analysis. Dr. Watson is an important co-author for Dr. Stewart's best-selling calculus textbook series as well as his popular precalculus, college algebra and trigonometry texts.

Table of Contents

A Preview of Calculus. 1. Functions and Models. 2. Limits and Derivatives. 3. Differentiation Rules. 4. Applications of Differentiation. 5. Integrals. 6. Applications of Integration. 7. Techniques of Integration. 8. Further Applications of Integration. 9. Differential Equations. 10. Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates. 11. Infinite Sequences and Series. 12. Vectors and the Geometry of Space. 13. Vector Functions. 14. Partial Derivatives. 15. Multiple Integrals. 16. Vector Calculus. 17. Second-Order Differential Equations. Appendixes. Index.

Editorial Reviews

A textbook for a course introducing students both to the practical applications and to the beauty of the field. Stewert (McMaster U.) focuses on the basic concepts, and presents the topics geometrically, numerically, and algebraically. No dates are noted for the early editions, but the fourth contains new exercises, updated data, projects for individual or group work, and other pedagogical features. The CD-ROM offers a demonstration version of the Journey Through Calculus program, which is referred to at appropriate places in the text. A full array of auxiliary material, including instructors guide and laboratory manuals, are also available. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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