TABLE OF CONTENTS









CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING THE WORDS

1.1 Derivatives
1.2 Integrals
1.3 Quantity and Change

CHAPTER 2: INTRODUCING THE PICTURES

2.1 Picturing Derivatives
2.2 Graphing f' from f
2.3 Graphing f from f'
2.4 Differential Equations
2.5 Application: The End of the World
2.6 Application: The Growth of Yeast
2.7 Application: A Rumor Spreads

CHAPTER 3: APPROXIMATING DERIVATIVES AND INTEGRALS

3.1 The Derivative at a Point
3.2 The Derivative as a Function
3.3 Tangents
3.4 Derivatives with Machines
3.5 Approximating Integrals
3.6 Integrals and Area
3.7 Application: Paying Back your Student Loan
3.8 Application: An Epidemic at the Track
3.9 Essay: Archimedes and the Parabola

CHAPTER 4: ALGEBRAIC METHODS

4.1 Limits, Informally
4.2 Differentiating Polynomials
4.3 The Product Rule
4.4 The Quotient Rule
4.5 The Chain Rule
4.6 Differentiating Complicated Functions
4.7 Integrating Elementary Functions
4.8 Integrating Complicated Functions
4.9 Exponential Growth and Decay
4.10 The Natural Logarithm
4.11 Application: The Shroud of Turin
4.12 Application: A Murder Mystery
4.13 Application: Glottochronology
4.14 Application: How Economists Say It
4.15 Application: Gravity
4.16 Application: Falling Rain
4.17 Application: Propogated Errors
4.18 Theory: Trigonometric Functions

CHAPTER 5: THE BASIC THEORY

5.1 Sequences
5.2 Limits of Sequences and Functions
5.3 The Derivative
5.4 Continuity
5.5 The Integral
5.6 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
5.7 Essay: Continuous and Discrete

CHAPTER 6: MODELLING TOOLS

6.1 Optimization
6.2 Newton's Method
6.3 Implicit Differentiation
6.4 Related Rates
6.5 Curves Sketching and the Mean Value Theorem
6.6 Curves Sketching--Concavity and Inflection Points
6.7 The Second Derivative Test
6.8 Inverse Functions
6.9 Separation of Variables
6.10 When Should you Integrate? And How?
6.11 Application: Mechanics
6.12 Application: Making the Most Money
6.13 Application: Monopolies and Sales Tax
6.14 Application: Fermat's Principle
6.15 Application: The Ozone Layer
6.16 Application: Weber's Law
6.17 Application: Chaos

CHAPTER 7: ASPECTS OF INTEGRATION

7.1 An Overview
7.2 Integration by Substitution
7.3 Integration by Parts
7.4 Integration by Tables
7.5 The Method of Rectangles
7.6 The Trapezoid Rule
7.7 Simpson's Rule
7.8 The Phase Plane
7.9 Vector Fields
7.10 Dynamical Systems
7.11 Equilibrium Points
7.12 Application: Pests
7.13 Technique: Integrating Rational Functions
7.14 Theory: Analyzing a System with Pictures
7.15 Theory: Solving a System with Equations
7.16 Application: Peace and War
7.17 Application: Geometric Applications
7.18 Theory: Fractals

CHAPTER 8: POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATIONS

8.1 Linear and Quadratic Approximations
8.2 Polynomial Approximations
8.3 Sigma Notation
8.4 Taylor's Theorem
8.5 Application: The Pendulum
8.6 Application: Human Behavior
8.7 Application: Modelling the Economy
8.8 Application: Pharmacokinetics
8.9 Theory: Improving Euler's Method
8.10 Essay: Discrete and Continuous

CHAPTER 9: INFINITE SERIES

9.1 Infinite Sums
9.2 Geometric Series
9.3 Taylor Series
9.4 Power Series
9.5 Bounded Series and the Comparison Tests
9.6 Conditional and Absolute Convergence
9.7 Intervals of Convergence
9.8 Indeterminate Forms and L'Hopital's Rule
9.9 The Root Test
9.10 The Ratio Test
9.11 Improper Integration
9.12 The Integral Test
9.13 Application: Series Solutions and the Pendulum
9.14 Application: Human Behavior and e
9.15 Essay: Does .999... equal 1?

CHAPTER 10: SURFACES

10.1 Two-input Functions in Words
10.2 Two-input Functions in Pictures
10.3 Partial Derivatives
10.4 Optimization in Two Dimensions
10.5 Iterated Integration
10.6 Contours and Trajectories
10.7 Application: In the Shower
10.8 Application: The Cobb-Douglas Model
10.9 Technique: Computer Graphics
10.10 Technique: Constrained Optimization
10.11 Essay: The Aesthetics of Calculus

CHAPTER 11: COMPLEX CALCULUS

11.1 Complex Arithmetic
11.2 Complex Algebra and Geometry
11.3 The Radius of Convergence
11.4 Theory: The Most Beautiful Equation
11.5 Technique: Solving that System with Just One Equation
11.6 Technique: Polar Coordinates
11.7 Technique: Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
11.8 Application: Human Behavior and pi
11.9 Essay: Complex Analysis
11.10 Essay: The Mandelbrot Set

CHAPTER 12: THE DEEPER THEORY

12.1 The Extreme Value Theorem
12.2 Rolle's Theorem
12.3 The Mean Value Theorem
12.4 The Difference Theorem
12.5 Continuity and Integration
12.6 The Intermediate Value Theorem
12.7 The Inverse Function Theorem
12.8 The Natural Logarithm Function
12.9 The Exponential Function
12.10 All Exponential Functions
12.11 Proving Taylor's Theorem
12.12 Essay: Infinitesimals



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