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Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions, International Metric Edition, 8th Edition

Ron Larson, Bruce H. Edwards

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Larson/Edwards' student-oriented CALCULUS: EARLY TRANSCENDENTAL FUNCTIONS, 8th INTERNATIONAL METRIC Edition with WebAssign digital resources and online tutorials clearly introduces the concepts and rules behind calculus. Updated content is designed to remove barriers to learning to include all students in the learning experience. New features, such as "Big Ideas of Calculus," and updated exercises work with annotated examples and online tutorials at CalcView.com, CalcChat.com and LarsonCalculus.com to help students master key concepts. New automatically-graded Proof Problems, Expanded Problems and interactive learning modules also strengthen conceptual understanding. You can customize WebAssign online resources to deliver content that's best for your course needs.

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Ron Larson

Dr. Ron Larson is a professor of mathematics at the Pennsylvania State University, where he has taught since 1970. He is considered the pioneer of using multimedia to enhance the learning of mathematics, having authored more than 30 software titles since 1990. Dr. Larson has also authored numerous acclaimed textbooks, including the best-selling calculus series coauthored with Dr. Bruce Edwards and published by Cengage. Dr. Larson received the 2017 William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award for PRECALCULUS and for CALCULUS. He also received the 2018 Text and Academic Authors Association TEXTY Award for CALCULUS: EARLY TRANSCENDENTAL FUNCTIONS. In addition, Dr. Larson received the 1996 Text and Academic Authors Association TEXTY Award for INTERACTIVE CALCULUS -- a complete text on CD-ROM that was the first mainstream college textbook to be offered on the internet.

Bruce H. Edwards

Dr. Bruce H. Edwards is a professor of mathematics at the University of Florida. Dr. Edwards received his B.S. in mathematics from Stanford University and his Ph.D. in mathematics from Dartmouth College. He taught mathematics at a university near Bogotá, Colombia, as a Peace Corps volunteer. While teaching at the University of Florida, Dr. Edwards has received many teaching awards, including Teacher of the Year in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences Student Council Teacher of the Year and the University of Florida Honors Program Teacher of the Year. He was selected by the Office of Alumni Affairs to be the Distinguished Alumni Professor for 1991-1993. Dr. Edwards has taught a variety of mathematics courses at the University of Florida, from first-year calculus to graduate-level classes in algebra and numerical analysis. He has been a frequent speaker at research conferences and meetings of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. He has also coauthored a wide range of award-winning mathematics textbooks with Dr. Ron Larson.

What's New

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  • NEW "BIG IDEAS OF CALCULUS" NOTES HELP INSTILL A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF CORE CONCEPTS. This new feature in each chapter introduces the overarching or primary ideas behind the chapter's topics and includes a clear summary of key concepts. Each chapter’s "Concept Checks," "Exploring Concepts" and "Building on Concepts" exercises further solidify students' understanding of the concepts and how to apply them.
  • NEW AUTOMATICALLY GRADED PROOF PROBLEMS IN WEBASSIGN HELP BUILD STUDENT CONFIDENCE. These online Proof Problems guide students through the entire process of writing proofs with carefully crafted practice opportunities and immediate feedback.
  • NEW EXPANDED PROBLEMS IN WEBASSIGN INCLUDE MULTIPLE PARTS TO ENSURE UNDERSTANDING. These online Expanded Problems go beyond the basic exercises to ask students to show the specific steps of their work or to explain the reasoning behind the answers they've provided.

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  • STUDENT-FOCUSED APPROACH PROVIDES CLEAR GUIDANCE AND EFFECTIVE LEARNING FEATURES. This title offers section-level objectives and clearly stated theorems and definitions as well as engaging exploration features and helpful insights and remarks.
  • CAREFULLY DESIGNED EXERCISE SETS OFFER RELEVANT AND RIGOROUS PRACTICE. The exercise sets throughout have been refined and carefully reviewed to ensure they offer an appropriate level of difficulty and emphasize relevant content. Conceptual and multi-step questions as well as real-life exercises reinforce problem-solving skills and mastery of concepts by giving students the opportunity to apply concepts in real-life situations.
  • UNIQUE "HOW DO YOU SEE IT?" EXERCISES PROVIDE VISUALLY DRIVEN PRACTICE TO REINFORCE CONCEPTS. These "How Do You See It?" exercises for each section present a problem that your students solve through visual inspection -- using the concepts learned in the lesson they've just completed.
  • WEBASSIGN PROVIDES ONLINE TOOLS TO BUILD STUDENTS’ CONFIDENCE AND ELEVATE PERFORMANCE. WebAssign digital resources provide instant access to expertly designed support for you and your students. WebAssign provides additional, focused practice and the latest instructional videos. This high-quality, affordable content offers you both built-in flexibility and control.
  • HELPFUL TUTORIAL VIDEOS PROVIDE STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATIONS AND WORKED-OUT SOLUTIONS. For additional support, Larson’s CalcView.com website provides online reinforcement, including tutorial videos that offer stepped-out solutions for selected exercises. In addition, LarsonCalculus.com provides videos explaining concepts and proofs.
  • LARSON’S CALCCHAT.COM WEBSITE OFFERS ADDITIONAL ONLINE LEARNING SUPPORT. This no-cost invaluable website provides your students with online tutoring options and solutions to all odd-numbered problems.

Table of Contents

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1. PREPARATION FOR CALCULUS
2. LIMITS AND THEIR PROPERTIES
3. DIFFERENTIATION
4. APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENTIATION
5. INTEGRATION
6. DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
7. APPLICATIONS OF INTEGRATION
8. INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES AND IMPROPER INTEGRALS
9. INFINITE SERIES
10. CONICS, PARAMETRIC EQUATIONS, AND POLAR COORDINATES
11. VECTORS AND THE GEOMETRY OF SPACE
12. VECTOR-VALUED FUNCTIONS
13. FUNCTIONS OF SEVERAL VARIABLES
14. MULTIPLE INTEGRATION
15. VECTOR ANALYSIS
16. ADDITIONAL TOPICS IN DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (ONLINE)

APPENDICES
A. Proofs of Selected Theorems
B. Integration Tables
C. Precalculus Review
C.1 Real Numbers and the Real Number Line
C.2 The Cartesian Plane
D. Rotation and the General Second-Degree Equation (Online)
E. Complex Numbers. (Online)
F. Business and Economic Applications. (Online)
G. Fitting Models to Data. (Online)

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