Thomas' Calculus, Media Upgrade: United States Edition - Hardcover

Calculus hasn't changed, but your students have. Many of today's students have seen calculus before at the high school level. However, professors report nationwide that students come into their calculus courses with weak backgrounds in algebra and trigonometry, two areas of knowledge vital to the mastery of calculus. Thomas' Calculus, Media Upgrade, Eleventh Edition responds to the needs of today's students by developing their conceptual understanding while maintaining a rigor appropriate to the calculus course. Thomas' Calculus, Media Upgrade, Eleventh Edition is now available with an enhanced MyMathLab (TM) course-the ultimate homework, tutorial and study solution for today's students. The enhanced MyMathLab course includes a rich and flexible set of course materials and features innovative Java (TM) Applets, Group Projects, and new MathXL (R) exercises. This text is also available with WebAssign (R) and WeBWorK (R).

"Thomas' Calculus Media Upgrade, Eleventh Edition, "responds to the needs of today's readers by developing their conceptual understanding while strengthening their skills in algebra and trigonometry, two areas of knowledge vital to the mastery of calculus. This book offers a full range of exercises, a precise and conceptual presentation, and a new media package designed specifically to meet the needs of today's readers. The exercises gradually increase in difficulty, helping readers learn to generalize and apply the concepts. The refined table of contents introduces the exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions in Chapter 7 of the text. KEY TOPICS: Limits and Derivatives, Differentiation, Applications of Derivatives, Integration, Applications of Definite Integrals, Transcendental Functions, Techniques of Integration, Further Applications of Integration, Conic Sections and Polar Coordinates, Infinite Sequences and Series, Vectors and the Geometry of Space, Vector-Valued Functions and Motion in Space, Partial Derivatives, Multiple Integrals, Integration in Vector Fields. MARKET: For all readers interested in Calculus.