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Calculus For Dummies

Calculus For Dummies


By Mark Ryan

ISBN: 978-0-7645-2498-1
Format: Paper
Pages: 384 Pages
Pub. Date: September 2003

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Price: $19.99
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Introduction.

Part I: An Overview of Calculus.

Chapter 1: What Is Calculus?

Chapter 2: The Two Big Ideas of Calculus: Differentiation and Integration.

Chapter 3: Why Calculus Works.

Part II: Warming Up with Calculus Prerequisites.

Chapter 4: Pre-Algebra and Algebra Review.

Chapter 5: Funky Functions and Their Groovy Graphs.

Chapter 6: The Trig Tango.

Part III: Limits.

Chapter 7: Limits and Continuity.

Chapter 8: Evaluating Limits.

Part IV: Differentiation.

Chapter 9: Differentiation Orientation.

Chapter 10: Differentiation Rules — Yeah, Man, It Rules.

Chapter 11: Differentiation and the Shape of Curves.

Chapter 12: Your Problems Are Solved: Differentiation to the Rescue!

Part V: Integration and Infinite Series.

Chapter 13: Intro to Integration and Approximating Area.

Chapter 14: Integration: It’s Backwards Differentiation.

Chapter 15: Integration Techniques for Experts.

Chapter 16: Forget Dr. Phil: Use the Integral to Solve Problems.

Chapter 17: Infinite Series.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 18: Ten Things to Remember.

Chapter 19: Ten Things to Forget.

Chapter 20: Ten Things You Can’t Get Away With.

Index.

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