Calculus & Its Applications, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (September 25, 2024) © 2025

  • Marvin L. Bittinger Indiana University Indianapolis
  • David J. Ellenbogen Community College of Vermont
  • Scott A. Surgent Arizona State University
  • Gene Kramer University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College

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ISBN-13: 9780138235703 (2024 update)

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Calculus and Its Applications is known to anticipate and meet students’ needs, pairing a direct and down-to-earth writing style with carefully crafted figures that help you visualize concepts. It provides abundant examples and realistic applications that help you generalize the material and apply it to new situations. Trigonometry coverage is available for courses which require it.

The 3rd Edition features new and revised Technology Connections, many new or revised examples and homework problems, and more. Increased focus on real-world data and a more global approach includes topics in technology, online business, social media, health and COVID-19, and others.

Prerequisite Skills Diagnostic Test

R. Functions, Graphs, and Models

  • R.1 Graphs and Equations
  • R.2 Functions and Models
  • R.3 Finding Domain and Range
  • R.4 Slope and Linear Functions
  • R.5 Nonlinear Functions and Models
  • R.6 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
  • R.7 Mathematical Modeling and Curve Fitting
  • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter Review Exercises
  • Chapter Test
  • Extended Technology Application: Your Health Counts Literally

1. Differentiation

  • 1.1 Limits: A Numerical and Graphical Approach
  • 1.2 Algebraic Limits and Continuity
  • 1.3 Average Rates of Change
  • 1.4 Differentiation Using Limits and Difference Quotients
  • 1.5 Leibniz Notation and the Power and Sum–Difference Rules
  • 1.6 The Product and Quotient Rules
  • 1.7 The Chain Rule
  • 1.8 Higher-Order Derivatives
  • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter Review Exercises
  • Chapter Test
  • Extended Technology Application: Path of a Baseball: The Tale of the Tape

2. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

  • 2.1 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions of the Natural Base, e
  • 2.2 Derivatives of Exponential (Base-e) Functions
  • 2.3 Derivatives of Natural Logarithmic Functions
  • 2.4 Applications: Uninhibited and Limited Growth Models
  • 2.5 Applications: Exponential Decay
  • 2.6 The Derivatives of ax and loga x
  • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter Review Exercises
  • Chapter Test
  • Extended Technology Application: The Business of Motion Picture Revenue and DVD Release

3. Applications of Differentiation

  • 3.1 Using First Derivatives to Classify Maximum and Minimum Values and Sketch Graphs
  • 3.2 Using Second Derivatives to Classify Maximum and Minimum Values and Sketch Graphs
  • 3.3 Graph Sketching: Asymptotes and Rational Functions
  • 3.4 Optimization: Finding Absolute Maximum and Minimum Values
  • 3.5 Optimization: Business, Economics, and General Applications
  • 3.6 Marginals, Differentials, and Linearization
  • 3.7 Elasticity of Demand
  • 3.8 Implicit Differentiation and Logarithmic Differentiation
  • 3.9 Related Rates
  • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter Review Exercises
  • Chapter Test
  • Extended Technology Application: Maximum Sustainable Harvest

4. Integration

  • 4.1 Antidifferentiation
  • 4.2 Antiderivatives as Areas
  • 4.3 Area and Definite Integrals
  • 4.4 Properties of Definite Integrals: Additive Property, Average Value, and Moving Average
  • 4.5 Integration Techniques: Substitution
  • 4.6 Integration Techniques: Integration by Parts
  • 4.7 Numerical Integration
  • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter Review Exercises
  • Chapter Test
  • Extended Technology Application: Business and Economics: Distribution of Wealth

5. Applications of Integration

  • 5.1 Consumer and Producer Surplus; Price Floors, Price Ceilings, and Deadweight Loss
  • 5.2 Integrating Growth and Decay Models
  • 5.3 Improper Integrals
  • 5.4 Probability
  • 5.5 Probability: Expected Value; the Normal Distribution
  • 5.6 Volume
  • 5.7 Differential Equations
  • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter Review Exercises
  • Chapter Test
  • Extended Technology Application: Income Streams, Annuities, and Amortization

6. Functions of Several Variables

  • 6.1 Functions of Several Variables
  • 6.2 Partial Derivatives
  • 6.3 Maximum–Minimum Problems
  • 6.4 An Application: The Least-Squares Technique
  • 6.5 Constrained Optimization: Lagrange Multipliers and the Extreme-Value Theorem
  • 6.6 Double Integrals
  • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter Review Exercises
  • Chapter Test
  • Extended Technology Application: Multivariable Regression

7. Trigonometric Functions

  • 7.1 Basics of Trigonometry
  • 7.2 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions
  • 7.3 Integration of Trigonometric Functions
  • 7.4 Inverse Trigonometric Functions and Applications
  • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter Review Exercises
  • Chapter Test
  • Extended Technology Application: Parametric Curves

8. Differential Equations

  • 8.1 Direction Fields, Autonomous Forms, and Population Models
  • 8.2 Applications: Inhibited Growth Models
  • 8.3 First-Order Linear Differential Equations
  • 8.4 Higher-Order Differential Equations and a Trigonometry Connection
  • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter Review Exercises
  • Chapter Test
  • Extended Technology Application: Visual Solutions (Direction Fields) and Numerical Solutions (Euler’s and Heun’s Methods) of Differential Equations

9. Sequences and Series

  • 9.1 Arithmetic Sequences and Series
  • 9.2 Geometric Sequences and Series
  • 9.3 Simple and Compound Interest
  • 9.4 Annuities and Amortization
  • 9.5 Power Series and Linearization
  • 9.6 Taylor Series and a Trigonometry Connection
  • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter Review Exercises
  • Chapter Test
  • Extended Technology Application: Sequences and Series on a Spreadsheet

10. Probability Distributions

  • 10.1 A Review of Sets
  • 10.2 Theoretical Probability
  • 10.3 Discrete Probability Distributions
  • 10.4 Continuous Probability Distributions: Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation
  • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter Review Exercises
  • Chapter Test
  • Extended Technology Application: Experimental Probability and the Law of Large Numbers

11. Systems and Matrices (online only)

  • 11.1 Systems of Linear Equations
  • 11.2 Gaussian Elimination
  • 11.3 Matrices and Row Operations
  • 11.4 Matrix Arithmetic: Equality, Addition, and Scalar Multiples
  • 11.5 Matrix Multiplication, Multiplicative Identities, and Inverses
  • 11.6 Determinants and Cramer's Rule
  • 11.7 Systems of Linear Inequalities and Linear Programming
  • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter Review Exercises
  • Chapter Test
  • Extended Technology Application: Matrices, Curve Fitting, and Regression

12. Combinatorics and Probability (online only)

  • 12.1 Compound Events and Odds
  • 12.2 Combinatorics: The Multiplication Principle and Factorial Notation
  • 12.3 Permutations and Distinguishable Arrangements
  • 12.4 Combinations and the Binomial Theorem
  • 12.5 Conditional Probability and the Hypergeometric Probability Distribution Model
  • 12.6 Independent Events, Bernoulli Trials, and the Binomial Probability Model
  • 12.7 Bayes Theorem
  • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter Review Exercises
  • Chapter Test
  • Extended Technology Application: The Monte Carlo Method: Finding Probabilities Using a Random Number Generator
Cumulative Review

Appendices

  • A. Review of Basic Algebra
  • B. Indeterminate Forms and l'Hôpital's Rule
  • C. Regression and Microsoft Excel
  • D. Areas for a Standard Normal Distribution
  • E. Using Tables of Integration Formulas
Answers
Index of Applications
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