Community Calculus
An early transcendentals book covering single variable calculus, infinite series, and multivariable calculus.
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- Chapter 1 Analytic Geometry
- 1.1 Lines
- 1.2 Distance Between Two Points; Circles
- 1.3 Functions
- 1.4 Shifts and Dilations
- Chapter 2 Instantaneous Rate of Change: The Derivative
- 2.1 The slope of a function
- 2.2 An example
- 2.3 Limits
- 2.4 The Derivative Function
- 2.5 Adjectives For Functions
- Chapter 3 Rules for Finding Derivatives
- 3.1 The Power Rule
- 3.2 Linearity of the Derivative
- 3.3 The Product Rule
- 3.4 The Quotient Rule
- 3.5 The Chain Rule
- Chapter 4 Transcendental Functions
- 4.1 Trigonometric Functions
- 4.2 The Derivative of sin x
- 4.3 A hard limit
- 4.4 The Derivative of sin x, continued
- 4.5 Derivatives of the Trigonometric Functions
- 4.6 Exponential and Logarithmic functions
- 4.7 Derivatives of the exponential and logarithmic functions
- 4.8 Limits revisited
- 4.9 Implicit Differentiation
- 4.10 Inverse Trigonometric Functions
- 4.11 Hyperbolic Functions
- Chapter 5 Curve Sketching
- 5.1 Maxima and Minima
- 5.2 The first derivative test
- 5.3 The second derivative test
- 5.4 Concavity and inflection points
- 5.5 Asymptotes and Other Things to Look For
- Chapter 6 Applications of the Derivative
- 6.1 Optimization
- 6.2 Related Rates
- 6.3 Newton’s Method
- 6.4 Linear Approximations
- 6.5 The Mean Value Theorem
- Chapter 7 Integration
- 7.1 Two examples
- 7.2 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
- 7.3 Some Properties of Integrals
- Chapter 8 Techniques of Integration
- 8.1 Substitution
- 8.2 Powers of sine and cosine
- 8.3 Trigonometric Substitutions
- 8.4 Integration by Parts
- 8.5 Rational Functions
- 8.6 Numerical Integration
- 8.7 Additional exercises
- Chapter 9 Applications of Integration
- 9.1 Area between curves
- 9.2 Distance, Velocity, Acceleration
- 9.3 Volume
- 9.4 Average value of a function
- 9.5 Work
- 9.6 Center of Mass
- 9.7 Kinetic energy; improper integrals
- 9.8 Probability
- 9.9 Arc Length
- 9.10 Surface Area
- Chapter 10 Polar Coordinates, Parametric Equations
- 10.1 Polar Coordinates
- 10.2 Slopes in polar coordinates
- 10.3 Areas in polar coordinates
- 10.4 Parametric Equations
- 10.5 Calculus with Parametric Equations
- Chapter 11 Sequences and Series
- 11.1 Sequences
- 11.2 Series
- 11.3 The Integral Test
- 11.4 Alternating Series
- 11.5 Comparison Tests
- 11.6 Absolute Convergence
- 11.7 The Ratio and Root Tests
- 11.8 Power Series
- 11.9 Calculus with Power Series
- 11.10 Taylor Series
- 11.11 Taylor’s Theorem
- 11.12 Additional exercises
- Chapter 12 Three Dimensions
- 12.1 The Coordinate System
- 12.2 Vectors
- 12.3 The Dot Product
- 12.4 The Cross Product
- 12.5 Lines and Planes
- 12.6 Other Coordinate Systems
- Chapter 13 Vector Functions
- 13.1 Space Curves
- 13.2 Calculus with vector functions
- 13.3 Arc length
- 13.4 Motion along a curve
- Chapter 14 Partial Differentiation
- 14.1 Functions of Several Variables
- 14.2 Limits and Continuity
- 14.3 Partial Differentiation
- 14.4 The Chain Rule
- 14.5 Directional Derivatives
- 14.6 Higher order derivatives
- 14.7 Maxima and minima
- 14.8 Lagrange Multipliers
- Chapter 15 Multiple Integration
- 15.1 Volume and Average Height
- 15.2 Double Integrals in Cylindrical Coordinates
- 15.3 Moment and Center of Mass
- 15.4 Surface Area
- 15.5 Triple Integrals
- 15.6 Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
- 15.7 Change of Variables
- Chapter 16 Vector Calculus
- 16.1 Vector Fields
- 16.2 Line Integrals
- 16.3 The Fundamental Theorem of Line Integrals
- 16.4 Green’s Theorem
- 16.5 Divergence and Curl
- 16.6 Vector Equations of Surfaces
- 16.7 Surface Integrals
- 16.8 Stokes’s Theorem
- 16.9 The Divergence Theorem
Supplements: None