Hoffmann, Laurence D., <br/><br/>
Calculus for business, economics, and the social and life sciences. 

 - 9th ed.  
 - Boston :  McGraw-Hill,  c2007. 
 - xxx, 758 p.  col. ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Contents<br/>Preface vi<br/>c h a p t e r 1 functions, graphs, and limits<br/>1 functions 2<br/>2 the graph of a function 14<br/>3 linear functions 26<br/>4 functional models 41<br/>5 limits 57<br/>6 one-sided limits and continuity 71<br/>Chapter summary 83<br/>Important terms, symbols, and formulas 83<br/>Checkup for chapter 1 83<br/>Review problems 84<br/>Explore! Update 89<br/>Think about it 91<br/>C h a p t e r 2 differentiation: basic concepts<br/>1 the derivative 96<br/>2 techniques of differentiation 110<br/>3 product and quotient rules; higher-order derivatives 122<br/>4 the chain rule 135<br/>5 marginal analysis and approximations using increments 147<br/>6 implicit differentiation and related rates 158<br/>Chapter summary 170<br/>Important terms, symbols, and formulas 170<br/>Checkup for chapter 2 171<br/>Review problems 172<br/>Explore! Update 178<br/>Think about it 180<br/>C h a p t e r 3 additional applications of the derivative<br/>1 increasing and decreasing functions; relative extrema 184<br/>2 concavity and points of inflection 199<br/>3 curve sketching 216<br/>4 optimization 231<br/>5 additional applied optimization 249<br/>Chapter summary 266<br/>Important terms, symbols, and formulas 266<br/>Checkup for chapter 3 267<br/>Review problems 268<br/>Explore! Update 274<br/>Think about it 277<br/>C h a p t e r 4 exponential and logarithmic functions<br/>1 exponential functions 282<br/>2 logarithmic functions 297<br/>3 differentiation of logarithmic and exponential functions 312<br/>4 additional exponential models 326<br/>Chapter summary 340<br/>Important terms, symbols, and formulas 340<br/>Checkup for chapter 4 342<br/>Review problems 343<br/>Explore! Update 349<br/>Think about it 351<br/>C h a p t e r 5 integration<br/>1 antidifferentiation: the indefinite integral 356<br/>2 integration by substitution 368<br/>3 the definite integral and the fundamental theorem of calculus 380<br/>4 applying definite integration: area between curves and average value 396<br/>5 additional applications to business and economics 414<br/>6 additional applications to the life and social sciences 426<br/>Chapter summary 436<br/>Important terms, symbols, and formulas 436<br/>Checkup for chapter 5 437<br/>Review problems 438<br/>Explore! Update 442<br/>Think about it 445<br/>C h a p t e r 6 additional topics in integration<br/>1 integration by parts; integral tables 450<br/>2 introduction to differential equations 464<br/>3 improper integrals; continuous probability 480<br/>4 numerical integration 496<br/>Chapter summary 508<br/>Important terms, symbols, and formulas 508<br/>Checkup for chapter 6 509<br/>Review problems 510<br/>Explore! Update 516<br/>Think about it 519<br/>C h a p t e r 7 calculus of several variables<br/>1 functions of several variables 526<br/>2 partial derivatives 540<br/>3 optimizing functions of two variables 551<br/>4 the method of least-squares 563<br/>5 constrained optimization: the method of lagrange multipliers 575<br/>6 double integrals over rectangular regions 589<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780071108218 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Calculus
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>515  / H7113