Introductory Mathematical Analysis for Business, Economics, and the Life and Social Sciences, 14th edition

Ideal for one- or two-semester or two- or three-quarter courses covering topics in college algebra, finite mathematics, and calculus for students in business, economics, and the life and social sciences.

Haeussler, Paul, and Wood establish a strong algebraic foundation that sets this text apart from other applied mathematics texts, paving the way for students to solve real-world problems that use calculus. Emphasis on developing algebraic skills is extended to the exercises–including both drill problems and applications. The authors work through examples and explanations with a blend of rigor and accessibility. In addition, they have refined the flow, transitions, organization, and portioning of the content over many editions to optimize manageability for teachers and learning for students. The table of contents covers a wide range of topics efficiently, enabling instructors to tailor their courses to meet student needs.

Hallmark features of this title

• Applications: An abundance and variety of applications for the intended audience appear throughout the book so that students see frequently how the mathematics they are learning can be used. These applications cover such diverse areas as business, economics, biology, medicine, sociology, psychology, ecology, statistics, earth science, and archaeology. Many of these applications are drawn from literature and are documented by references, sometimes from the Web.
• Now Work Problem N: Throughout the text we have retained the popular Now Work Problem N feature. The idea is that after a worked example, students are directed toan end of section problem (labeled with a colored exercise number) that reinforces theideas of the worked example. This gives students an opportunity to practice what theyhave just learned.
• Cautions: Cautionary warnings are presented in very much the same way an instructor would warn students in class of commonly-made errors. These appear in the margin, along with other explanatory notes and emphases.
• Definitions, key concepts, and important rules and formulas: These are clearly stated and displayed as a way to make the navigation of the book that much easier for the student. (See, for example, the Definition of Derivative in Section 11.1)

New and updated features of this title

• We continue to make the elementary notions in the early chapters pave the way for their use in more advanced topics.
• Chapter 5, we explicitly discuss negative interest rates and ask, somewhat rhetorically, why banks do not use continuous compounding (given that for a long time now continuous compounding has been able to simplify calculations in practice as well as in theory).
• Most instructors and students will agree that the key to an effective textbook is in the quality and quantity of the examples and exercise sets. To that end, more than 850 examples are worked out in detail.