English | 2024 | Original PDF | 70 MB | 1348 Pages
Joel R. Hass, Christopher E. Heil, Przemyslaw Bogacki, Maurice D. Weir, José Luis Zuleta Estrugo, 1-292-72590-7, 1292725907, 978-1-292-72590-1, 9781292725901, 978-1292725901, 978-1-292-45762-8, 978-1292457628, 978-1292457628
Thomas’ Calculus: Early Transcendentals,
Fifteenth Edition in SI Units, continues its tradition of clarity and
precision in calculus with a modern update to the popular text. The
authors have worked diligently to add exercises, revise figures and
narrative for clarity, and update many applications to modern topics.
Thomas’ Calculus remains a modern and robust introduction to calculus,
focusing on developing conceptual understanding of the underlying
mathematical ideas. This text supports a calculus sequence typically
taken by students in STEM fields over several semesters. Intuitive and
precise explanations, thoughtfully chosen examples, superior figures,
and time-tested exercise sets are the foundation of this text. We
continue to improve this text in keeping with shifts in both the
preparation and the goals of today’s students, and in the applications
of calculus to a changing world.
As
Advanced Placement Calculus continues to grow in popularity for high
school students, many instructors have communicated mixed reviews of the
benefit for today’s university and community college students. Some
instructors report receiving students with an overconfidence in their
computational abilities coupled with underlying gaps in algebra and
trigonometry mastery, as well as poor conceptual understanding. In this
text, we seek to meet the needs of the increasingly varied population in
the calculus sequence. We have taken care to provide enough review
material (in the text and appendices), detailed solutions, and a variety
of examples and exercises, to support a complete understanding of
calculus for students at varying levels. Additionally, the MyLab Math
course that accompanies the text provides significant support to meet
the needs of all students. Within the text, we present the material in a
way that supports the development of mathematical maturity, going
beyond memorizing formulas and routine procedures, and we show students
how to generalize key concepts once they are introduced. References are
made throughout, tying new concepts to related ones that were studied
earlier. After studying calculus from Thomas, students will have
developed problem-solving and reasoning abilities that will serve them
well in many important aspects of their lives. Mastering this beautiful
and creative subject, with its many practical applications across so
many fields, is its own reward. But the real gifts of studying calculus
are acquiring the ability to think logically and precisely;
understanding what is defined, what is assumed, and what is deduced; and
learning how to generalize conceptually. We intend this book to
encourage and support those goals.
