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<p>Ideal for the single-variable, one-, or two-semester calculus course, <i>Calculus of a Single Variable,</i> 8/e, contains the first 9 chapters of <i>Calculus,</i> 8/e. The text continues to offer instructors and students new and innovative teaching and learning resources. The Calculus series was the first to use computer-generated graphics (Third Edition), to include exercises involving the use of computers and graphing calculators (Fourth Edition), to be available in an interactive CD-ROM format (Fifth Edition), to be offered as a complete, online calculus course (Sixth Edition), and to offer a two-semester <i>Calculus I with Precalculus</i> text. Every edition of the book has made the mastery of traditional calculus skills a priority, while embracing the best features of new technology and, when appropriate, calculus reform ideas. Now, the Eighth Edition is the first calculus program to offer algorithmic homework and testing created in Maple so that answers can be evaluated with complete mathematical accuracy.</p><p>Two primary objectives guided the authors in writing this book: to develop precise, readable materials for students that clearly define and demonstrate concepts and rules of calculus; and to design comprehensive teaching resources for instructors that employ proven pedagogical techniques and saves the instructor time. The Eighth Edition continues to provide an evolving range of conceptual, technological, and creative tools that enable instructors to teach the way they want to teach and students to learn they way they learn best. The Larson program offers a variety of options to address the needs of any calculus course and any level of calculus student, enabling the greatest number of students to succeed.</p><ul><li>The explanations, theorems, and definitions have been thoroughly and critically reviewed. When necessary, changes have been made to ensure that the text is pedagogically sound, mathematically precise, and comprehensible.<li>The exercise sets have been carefully and extensively examined to ensure they cover all calculus topics appropriately. Many new exercises have been added at the suggestion of a number of calculus instructors.<li>A variety of exercise types are included in each exercise set. Questions involving skills, writing, critical thinking, problem-solving, applications, and real-data applications are included throughout the text. Exercises are presented in a variety of question formats, including matching, free response, true/false, modeling, and fill-in the blank.<li>The Eduspace online resources have been integrated into a comprehensive learning system that combines numerous dynamic calculus resources with online homework and testing materials.<li>The Integrated Learning System addresses the changing needs of today&#039;s instructors and students. Recognizing that the calculus course is presented in a variety of teaching and learning environments, the program resources are available in print, CD-ROM, and online formats.<li>Eduspace, powered by Blackboard provides instructors with online courses and content in multiple disciplines. By pairing the widely recognized tools of Blackboard with quality, text-specific content from Houghton Mifflin (HMCo), Eduspace makes it easy for instructors to create all or part of a course online. Homework exercises, quizzes, tests, tutorials, and supplemental study materials all come ready-to-use. Instructors can choose to use the content as is, modify it, or even add their own. Eduspace with eSolutions combines all the features of Eduspace with an electronic version of the textbook exercises and the complete solutions to the odd-numbered text exercises, providing students with a convenient and comprehensive way to do homework and view the course materials.<li>SMARTHINKING online tutoring brings students real-time, online tutorial support when they need it most.</ul>

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<p>Designed specifically for the non-math major who will be using calculus in business, economics, or life and social science courses, <i>Calculus: An Applied Approach,</i> 7/e, addresses students&#039; weak math skills through added structure and guidance on how to study math. Special student-success-oriented sections include chapter-opening <i>Strategies for Success; What You Should Learn-and Why You Should Learn It; Section Objectives; Chapter Summaries</i> and <i>Study Strategies; Try Its; Study Tips;</i> and <i>Warm-Up</i> exercises. In addition the text presents <i>Algebra Tips</i> at point of use and <i>Algebra Review</i> at the end of each chapter.</p><p>The Seventh Edition places a new emphasis on algebra review through <i>Algebra Tips</i> at point of use throughout the chapter and <i>Algebra Review</i> at the end of each chapter. This edition also builds on a proven emphasis on applications; updates and increases the coverage of technology at point of use; and includes sample post-graduation exam questions. A strong support package includes the HM mathSpace CD-ROM-which further emphasizes algebra review-and Instructional DVDs that allow students to review material outside of class.</p><ul><li><i>Approximately 6,000 exercises-</i>progress from skill-development problems to more challenging, real-world application questions-are easily customized to the difficulty level of the instructor&#039;s choice. In addition, a number of <i>relevant exercises</i> from textbooks in other disciplines-such as biology, chemistry, economics, finance, geology, physics, and psychology-to show students that they will use calculus in future courses outside of the math curriculum.<li><i>Algebra Review</i> offers students algebraic support at point of use and at the end of the chapter. The end-of-chapter <i>Algebra Review</i> illustrate the key algebraic concepts called out in the <i>Algebra Reviews</i> used throughout the chapter. This feature is designed to help students who may have weak algebra skills and need help as they take a calculus course.<li><i>Prerequisite Review</i> exercises at the beginning of each exercise set help students review skills covered in previous sections. The answers are provided at the back of the text, enabling students to check their work. <i>Review Exercises</i> are also included at the end of each chapter and offer students the opportunity for additional practice and review.<li><i>Discovery Projects</i> expose students to concepts <i>before</i> the topic is covered in the text. This allows students to explore the concept on their own, making them more likely to remember the results.<li><i>Take Another Look,</i> appearing just before each section exercise set, asks students to look back at one or more concepts presented in the section. The questions in these sections are designed to enhance understanding of key ideas.<li><i>Post-Graduation Exam Questions</i> appear at the end of each chapter. They include sample questions representative of the types of questions on various standardized tests (i.e. GMAT, CPA exams, GRE, College Level Academic Skills Test). These questions challenge students and provide additional practice.<li><i>Business Capsules</i> appear at the end of numerous sections. Along with accompanying exercises, these features deal with business situations related to the mathematical concepts covered in the chapter. This feature allows students to see the relevance of what they are learning, and the importance of everyday mathematics.<li>Ready to use and easy to integrate into your calculus course, Eduspace, powered by Blackboard, brings your students quality homework, tutorials, and testing while saving you time. Browser-based, algorithmically generated homework problems are scored for you automatically. You determine whether the grade is recorded and how much each assignment counts toward a final grade.</ul>

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<p>This traditional text offers a balanced approach that combines the theoretical instruction of calculus with the best aspects of reform, including creative teaching and learning techniques such as the integration of technology, the use of real data, real-life applications, and mathematical models. The <i>Calculus with Analytic Geometry Alternate,</i> 6/e, offers a late approach to trigonometry for those instructors who wish to introduce it later in their courses.</p>

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<p>Designed for the first semester of a three-semester engineering calculus course, <i>Calculus I: Early Transcendental Functions,</i> 4/e, continues to offer instructors and students innovative teaching and learning resources. Two primary objectives guided the authors in the revision of this book: to develop precise, readable materials for students that clearly define and demonstrate concepts and rules of calculus; and to design comprehensive teaching resources for instructors that employ proven pedagogical techniques and save time. The Larson/Hostetler/Edwards Calculus program offers a solution to address the needs of any calculus course and any level of calculus student.</p><p><i>Calculus I: Early Transcendental Functions,</i> 4/e, contains Chapters 1-6 of the full <i>Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions,</i> 4/e, text.</p><p>Every edition from the first to the fourth of Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions, 4/e, has made the mastery of traditional calculus skills a priority, while embracing the best features of new technology and, when appropriate, calculus reform ideas. Now, the Fourth Edition is the first calculus program to offer algorithmic homework and testing created in Maple so that answers can be evaluated with complete mathematical accuracy.</p><ul><li>Exercise sets have been carefully examined and revised to ensure they cover all calculus topics appropriately. Many new exercises have been added.<li>A variety of exercise types are included in each exercise set. Questions involving skills, writing, critical thinking, problem-solving, applications, and real-data applications are included throughout the text. Exercises are presented in a variety of question formats, including matching, free response, true/false, modeling, and fill-in the blank.<li><i>Putnam Exam Questions</i>-taken from the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition-offer challenging problems that often require students to look for creative solutions; <i>Graphical Analysis</i> exercises offer the opportunity to analyze graphs; <i>Think About It</i> exercises require students to use critical reasoning skills to explore the intricacies of calculus.<li>Explanations, theorems, and definitions in the text have been thoroughly reviewed to ensure the text is mathematically precise and easily comprehensible.<li><i>Clear, multi-step examples with worked-out solutions</i> help students learn difficult mathematical concepts. Examples correspond to the exercises, serving as a supportive reference for students. This is the only text on the market where <i>every example, proof, and explanation begins and ends on the same page.</i><li><i>Explorations</i> help students develop their intuitive understanding of calculus concepts. These optional activities are short enough to integrate into class, but they can also be omitted without loss of continuity.<li><i>Theorem boxes</i> clearly explain important mathematical concepts.The <i>Integrated Learning System</i> resources are available in print, CD-ROM, and online formats.<li><i>Eduspace, powered by Blackboard,</i> Houghton Mifflin&#039;s online learning tool, offers your students quality online homework, tutorials, multimedia, and testing that correspond to the <i>Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions</i> text. This content is paired with the course management tools of Blackboard. In addition, <i>eSolutions,</i> the complete solutions to the odd-numbered text exercises, provides students with a convenient and comprehensive way to do homework and view the course materials.<li>SMARTHINKING online tutoring brings students real-time, online tutorial support when they need it most.</ul>

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<p>Designed for the first two semesters of a three-semester engineering calculus course, <i>Calculus of a Single Variable: Early Transcendental Functions,</i> 4/e, continues to offer instructors and students innovative teaching and learning resources. Two primary objectives guided the authors in the revision of this book: to develop precise, readable materials for students that clearly define and demonstrate concepts and rules of calculus; and to design comprehensive teaching resources for instructors that employ proven pedagogical techniques and save time. The Larson/Hostetler/Edwards <i>Calculus</i> program offers a solution to address the needs of any calculus course and any level of calculus student.</p><p><i>Calculus of a Single Variable: Early Transcendental Functions,</i> 4/e, contains Chapters 1-10 of the full <i>Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions,</i> 4/e, text.</p><p>Every edition from the first to the fourth of Calculus: Early Transcendental Function, 4/e, has made the mastery of traditional calculus skills a priority, while embracing the best features of new technology and, when appropriate, calculus reform ideas. Now, the Fourth Edition is part of the first calculus program to offer algorithmic homework and testing created in Maple so that answers can be evaluated with complete mathematical accuracy.</p><ul><li>Exercise sets have been carefully examined and revised to ensure they cover all calculus topics appropriately. Many new exercises have been added.<li>A variety of exercise types are included in each exercise set. Questions involving skills, writing, critical thinking, problem-solving, applications, and real-data applications are included throughout the text. Exercises are presented in a variety of question formats, including matching, free response, true/false, modeling, and fill-in the blank.<li><i>Putnam Exam Questions</i>-taken from the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition-offer challenging problems that often require students to look for creative solutions; <i>Graphical Analysis</i> exercises offer the opportunity to analyze graphs; <i>Think About It</i> exercises require students to use critical reasoning skills to explore the intricacies of calculus.<li>Explanations, theorems, and definitions in the text have been thoroughly reviewed to ensure the text is mathematically precise and easily comprehensible.<li><i>Clear, multi-step examples with worked-out solutions</i> help students learn difficult mathematical concepts. Examples correspond to the exercises, serving as a supportive reference for students. This is the only text on the market where <i>every example, proof, and explanation begins and ends on the same page.</i><li><i>Explorations</i> help students develop their intuitive understanding of calculus concepts. These optional activities are short enough to integrate into class, but they can also be omitted without loss of continuity.<li><i>Theorem boxes</i> clearly explain important mathematical concepts.<li>The <i>Integrated Learning System</i> resources are available in print, CD-ROM, and online formats.<li><i>Eduspace, powered by Blackboard,</i> Houghton Mifflin&#039;s online learning tool, offers your students quality online homework, tutorials, multimedia, and testing that correspond to the <i>Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions</i> text. This content is paired with the course management tools of Blackboard. In addition, <i>eSolutions,</i> the complete solutions to the odd-numbered text exercises, provides students with a convenient and comprehensive way to do homework and view the course materials.<li>SMARTHINKING online tutoring brings students real-time, online tutorial support when they need it most.</ul>

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<p>Created specifically for a Calculus II course and as a second volume for students who have completed either the Larson team&#039;s <i>Calculus I,</i> 8/e, or <i>Calculus I with Precalculus,</i> 2/e text, <i>Calculus II,</i> 8/e, comprises chapters 6-10 of the full Calculus, 8/e, text. The text continues to offer instructors and students new and innovative teaching and learning resources. The Calculus series was the first to use computer-generated graphics (Third Edition), to include exercises involving the use of computers and graphing calculators (Fourth Edition), to be available in an interactive CD-ROM format (Fifth Edition), to be offered as a complete, online calculus course (Sixth Edition), and to offer a two-semester <i>Calculus I with Precalculus</i> text. Every edition of the book has made the mastery of traditional calculus skills a priority, while embracing the best features of new technology and, when appropriate, calculus reform ideas. Now, the Eighth Edition is the first calculus program to offer algorithmic homework and testing created in Maple so that answers can be evaluated with complete mathematical accuracy.</p><p>Two primary objectives guided the authors in writing this book: to develop precise, readable materials for students that clearly define and demonstrate concepts and rules of calculus; and to design comprehensive teaching resources for instructors that employ proven pedagogical techniques and saves the instructor time. The Eighth Edition continues to provide an evolving range of conceptual, technological, and creative tools that enable instructors to teach the way they want to teach and students to learn they way they learn best. The Larson program offers a variety of options to address the needs of any calculus course and any level of calculus student, enabling the greatest number of students to succeed.</p><ul><li>The explanations, theorems, and definitions have been thoroughly and critically reviewed. When necessary, changes have been made to ensure that the text is pedagogically sound, mathematically precise, and comprehensible.<li>The exercise sets have been carefully and extensively examined to ensure they cover all calculus topics appropriately. Many new exercises have been added at the suggestion of a number of calculus instructors.<li>A variety of exercise types are included in each exercise set. Questions involving skills, writing, critical thinking, problem-solving, applications, and real-data applications are included throughout the text. Exercises are presented in a variety of question formats, including matching, free response, true/false, modeling, and fill-in the blank.<li>The Eduspace online resources have been integrated into a comprehensive learning system that combines numerous dynamic calculus resources with online homework and testing materials.<li>The Integrated Learning System addresses the changing needs of today&#039;s instructors and students. Recognizing that the calculus course is presented in a variety of teaching and learning environments, the program resources are available in print, CD-ROM, and online formats.<li>Eduspace, powered by Blackboard provides instructors with online courses and content in multiple disciplines. By pairing the widely recognized tools of Blackboard with quality, text-specific content from Houghton Mifflin (HMCo), Eduspace makes it easy for instructors to create all or part of a course online. Homework exercises, quizzes, tests, tutorials, and supplemental study materials all come ready-to-use. Instructors can choose to use the content as is, modify it, or even add their own. Eduspace with eSolutions combines all the features of Eduspace with an electronic version of the textbook exercises and the complete solutions to the odd-numbered text exercises, providing students with a convenient and comprehensive way to do homework and view the course materials.<li>SMARTHINKING online tutoring brings students real-time, online tutorial support when they need it most.</ul>

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<p>With the same design and feature sets as the market leading <i>Precalculus,</i> 7/e, this new concise text provides both students and instructors with sound, consistently structured explanations of the mathematical concepts. <i>Precalculus: A Concise Course</i> is designed to offer a cost-effective, one-semester alternative to the traditional two-semester precalculus text. It contains the features that have made the Larson/Hostetler series a complete solution for both students and instructors: interesting applications, pedagogically effective design, and innovative technology combined with an abundance of carefully developed examples with worked-out solutions and exercises. In addition:</p><ul><li><i>Side-by-Side Example Solutions</i> for select examples include multiple problem solving approaches-such as algebraic, graphical, and numerical-to appeal to a variety of teaching and learning styles.<li><i>Checkpoints</i> after each Example/Solution refer students to similar drills in the Section Exercises, giving students the opportunity to practice and reinforce the concepts they just learned. Answers to Checkpoints are included at the back of the book.<li><i>Vocabulary Checks</i> open every set of Section Exercises. This review of mathematical terms, formulas, and theorems provides regular assessment and reinforcement of students&#039; understanding of algebraic language and concepts.<li><i>Exercise Sets</i> are carefully developed to improve the categorization of problems from <i>basic skill-building</i> to <i>challenging;</i> improve the pairing of similar odd- and even-numbered exercises; update all real data; and add real-life and real-data applications.<li><i>New!</i> <i>Make a Decision</i> applications-presented throughout the text at the end of selected exercise sets-are based on large sets of real data. These extended modeling applications give students the opportunity to use all the mathematical concepts and techniques they&#039;ve learned and apply them to large sets of real date-analyzing it, graphing it, and making conjectures about its behavior. These applications are featured in Eduspace and the Online Learning Center in an interactive format.<li><i>Eduspace, powered by Blackboard,</i> Houghton Mifflin&#039;s online learning environment, brings your students quality online homework, tutorials, multimedia, and testing that correspond to the <i>Precalculus: A Concise Course</i> text. This content is paired with the recognized course management tools of Blackboard.</ul>

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<p>Ideal for the single-variable, one calculus course, <i>Calculus I,</i> 8/e, contains the first 6 chapters of <i>Calculus,</i> 8/e. The text continues to offer instructors and students new and innovative teaching and learning resources. The Calculus series was the first to use computer-generated graphics (Third Edition), to include exercises involving the use of computers and graphing calculators (Fourth Edition), to be available in an interactive CD-ROM format (Fifth Edition), to be offered as a complete, online calculus course (Sixth Edition), and to offer a two-semester <i>Calculus I with Precalculus</i> text. Every edition of the book has made the mastery of traditional calculus skills a priority, while embracing the best features of new technology and, when appropriate, calculus reform ideas. Now, the Eighth Edition is the first calculus program to offer algorithmic homework and testing created in Maple so that answers can be evaluated with complete mathematical accuracy.</p><p>Two primary objectives guided the authors in writing this book: to develop precise, readable materials for students that clearly define and demonstrate concepts and rules of calculus; and to design comprehensive teaching resources for instructors that employ proven pedagogical techniques and saves the instructor time. The Eighth Edition continues to provide an evolving range of conceptual, technological, and creative tools that enable instructors to teach the way they want to teach and students to learn they way they learn best. The Larson program offers a variety of options to address the needs of any calculus course and any level of calculus student, enabling the greatest number of students to succeed.</p><ul><li>The explanations, theorems, and definitions have been thoroughly and critically reviewed. When necessary, changes have been made to ensure that the text is pedagogically sound, mathematically precise, and comprehensible.<li>The exercise sets have been carefully and extensively examined to ensure they cover all calculus topics appropriately. Many new exercises have been added at the suggestion of a number of calculus instructors.<li>A variety of exercise types are included in each exercise set. Questions involving skills, writing, critical thinking, problem-solving, applications, and real-data applications are included throughout the text. Exercises are presented in a variety of question formats, including matching, free response, true/false, modeling, and fill-in the blank.<li>The Eduspace online resources have been integrated into a comprehensive learning system that combines numerous dynamic calculus resources with online homework and testing materials.<li>The Integrated Learning System addresses the changing needs of today&#039;s instructors and students. Recognizing that the calculus course is presented in a variety of teaching and learning environments, the program resources are available in print, CD-ROM, and online formats.<li>Eduspace, powered by Blackboard provides instructors with online courses and content in multiple disciplines. By pairing the widely recognized tools of Blackboard with quality, text-specific content from Houghton Mifflin (HMCo), Eduspace makes it easy for instructors to create all or part of a course online. Homework exercises, quizzes, tests, tutorials, and supplemental study materials all come ready-to-use. Instructors can choose to use the content as is, modify it, or even add their own. Eduspace with eSolutions combines all the features of Eduspace with an electronic version of the textbook exercises and the complete solutions to the odd-numbered text exercises, providing students with a convenient and comprehensive way to do homework and view the course materials.<li>SMARTHINKING online tutoring brings students real-time, online tutorial support when they need it most.</ul>

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<p>Designed for the three-semester engineering calculus course, <i>Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions,</i> 4/e, continues to offer instructors and students innovative teaching and learning resources. Two primary objectives guided the authors in the revision of this book: to develop precise, readable materials for students that clearly define and demonstrate concepts and rules of calculus; and to design comprehensive teaching resources for instructors that employ proven pedagogical techniques and save time. The Larson/Hostetler/Edwards <i>Calculus</i> program offers a solution to address the needs of any calculus course and any level of calculus student.</p><p>Every edition from the first to the fourth of <i>Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions,</i> 4/e has made the mastery of traditional calculus skills a priority, while embracing the best features of new technology and, when appropriate, calculus reform ideas. Now, the Fourth Edition is part of the first calculus program to offer algorithmic homework and testing created in Maple so that answers can be evaluated with complete mathematical accuracy.</p><ul><li>Exercise sets have been carefully examined and revised to ensure they cover all calculus topics appropriately. Many new exercises have been added.<li>A variety of exercise types are included in each exercise set. Questions involving skills, writing, critical thinking, problem-solving, applications, and real-data applications are included throughout the text. Exercises are presented in a variety of question formats, including matching, free response, true/false, modeling, and fill-in the blank.<li><i>Putnam Exam Questions</i>-taken from the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition-offer challenging problems that often require students to look for creative solutions; <i>Graphical Analysis</i> exercises offer the opportunity to analyze graphs; <i>Think About It</i> exercises require students to use critical reasoning skills to explore the intricacies of calculus.<li>Explanations, theorems, and definitions in the text have been thoroughly reviewed to ensure the text is mathematically precise and easily comprehensible.<li><i>Clear, multi-step examples with worked-out solutions</i> help students learn difficult mathematical concepts. Examples correspond to the exercises, serving as a supportive reference for students. This is the only text on the market where <i>every example, proof, and explanation begins and ends on the same page.</i><li><i>Explorations</i> help students develop their intuitive understanding of calculus concepts. These optional activities are short enough to integrate into class, but they can also be omitted without loss of continuity.<li><i>Theorem boxes</i> clearly explain important mathematical concepts.<li>The <i>Integrated Learning System</i> resources are available in print, CD-ROM, and online formats.<li><i>Eduspace, powered by Blackboard,</i> Houghton Mifflin&#039;s online learning tool, offers your students quality online homework, tutorials, multimedia, and testing that correspond to the <i>Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions</i> text. This content is paired with the course management tools of Blackboard. In addition, <i>eSolutions,</i> the complete solutions to the odd-numbered text exercises, provides students with a convenient and comprehensive way to do homework and view the course materials.<li>SMARTHINKING online tutoring brings students real-time, online tutorial support when they need it most.</ul>

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<p>This unique and comprehensive resource contains the complete text, as well as the complete solutions to odd-numbered exercises, chapter pre-tests and post-tests, guided examples with step-by-step solutions, tutorial exercises, animation and video, and built-in TI-82 and TI-83 emulators.</p>

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<p>This volume covers chapters P-9 of Larson et al., <i>Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions,</i> 3/e. For a complete description, see the entry for that text.</p>

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