Thomas' Calculus, 11/e by Maurice D. Weir Joel Hass Frank R. Giordano

Author(s):

Maurice D. Weir

Joel Hass

Frank R. Giordano

• Calculus hasn't changed, but your students have. Many of today's students have seen calculus before at the high school level. However, professors report nationwide that students come into their calculus courses with weak backgrounds in algebra and trigonometry, two areas of knowledge vital to the mastery of calculus.Thomas'Calculus, Eleventh Edition responds to the needs of today's students by developing their conceptual understanding while maintaining a rigor appropriate to the calculus course

• Table of Content

  1. Preliminaries
  2. Limits and Derivatives
  3. Differentiation
  4. Applications of Derivatives
  5. Integration
  6. Applications of Definite Integrals
  7. Transcendental Functions
  8. Techniques of Integration
  9. Further Applications of Integration
  10. Conic Sections and Polar Coordinates
  11. Infinite Sequences and Series
  12. Vectors and the Geometry of Space
  13. Vector-Valued Functions and Motion in Space
  14. Partial Derivatives
  15. Multiple Integrals
  16. Integration in Vector Fields

  Salient Features

  • Strong Examples and Exercise Sets encourage students to think clearly about the problems, reinforcing their mathematical intuition.
  • Exceptional Art Captions and Multifigured Images provide insight for students and support quantitative and conceptual reasoning.
  • Strong Multivariable Coverage helps students make the leap from single variable to multivariable calculus.
  • Flexible Table of Contents that divides complex topics into smaller sections and provides instructors with unlimited flexibility in creating course outlines.