Preface
To the Student
Diagnostic Tests
A PREVIEW OF CALCULUS
1 Functions and Models
1.1 Four Ways to Represent a Function
1.2 Mathematical Models: A Catalog of Essential Functions
1.3 New Functions from Old Functions
1.4 Graphing Calculators and Computers
1.5 Exponential Functions
1.6 Inverse Functions and Logarithms
Review
Principles of Problem Solving
2 Limits and Derivatives
2.1 The Tangent and Velocity Problems
2.2 The Limit of a Function
2.3 Calculating Limits Using the Limit Laws
2.4 The Precise Definition of a Limit
2.5 Continuity
2.6 Limits at Infinity; Horizontal Asymptotes
2.7 Derivatives and Rates of Change
Writing Project·Early Methods for Finding Tangents
2.8 The Derivative as a Function
Review
Problems Plus
3 Differentiation Rules
3.1 Derivatives of Polynomials and Exponential Functions
Applied Project·Building a Better Roller Coaster
3.2 The Product and Quotient Rules
3.3 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions
3.4 The Chain Rule
Applied Project, Where Should a Pilot Start Descent?
3.5 Implicit Differentiation
Laboratory Project·Families of Implicit Curves
3.6 Derivatives of Logarithmic Functions
3.7 Rates of Change in the Natural and Social Sciences
3.8 Exponential Growth and Decay
3.9 Related Rates
3.10 Linear Approximations and Differentials
Laboratory Project, Taylor Polynomials
3.11 Hyperbolic Functions
Review
Problems Plus
4 Applications of Differentiation
4.1 Maximum and Minimum Values
Applied Project·The Calculus of Rainbows
4.2 The Mean Value Theorem
4.3 How Derivatives Affect the Shape of a Graph
4.4 Indeterminate Forms and l'Hospital's Rule
Writing Project·The Origins of I'Hospital's Rule