More calculus of a single variable

This book goes beyond the basics of a first course in calculus to reveal the power and richness of the subject. Standard topics from calculus -- such as the real numbers, differentiation and integration, mean value theorems, the exponential function -- are reviewed and elucidated before digging into...

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Main Author: Mercer, Peter R.,
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Springer, 2014.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 411 pages) : illustrations.
Series: Undergraduate texts in mathematics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1 The Real Numbers
  • 2 Famous Inequalities
  • 3 Continuous Functions
  • 4 Differentiable Functions
  • 5 The Mean Value Theorem
  • 6 The Exponential Function
  • 7 Other Mean Value Theorems
  • 8 Convex Functions and Taylor's Theorem
  • 9 Integration of Continuous Functions
  • 10 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
  • 11 Techniques of Integration
  • 12 Classic Examples
  • 13 Simple Quadrature Rules
  • 14 Error Terms
  • A The Proof of Theorem 9.1
  • Index.