Calculus, AP® Edition, 12e

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Clearly present and effectively demonstrate the concepts and rules of calculus with the student-focused approach in CALCULUS, AP® Edition by award-winning authors Larson and Edwards. This AP® edition offers a wealth of learning support and digital resources -- all thoroughly updated and refined using proven learning design principles that remove typical barriers to learning to create a carefully planned, inclusive experience for all students. New "Big Ideas of Calculus" notes highlight overarching ideas behind chapter topics, while annotated examples, "Concept Checks" and visually driven exercises help students master key concepts. New automatically graded Proof Problems, Expanded Problems and "Explore It" interactive learning modules within WebAssign digital resources help students develop a deeper conceptual understanding as they apply concepts. In addition, CalcView.com, CalcChat.com and LarsonCalculus.com offer tutorial support to further students' understanding of calculus and AP® aligned concepts.

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Ron Larson

Dr. Ron Larson is a professor of mathematics at the Pennsylvania State University, where he has taught since 1970. He is considered the pioneer of using multimedia to enhance the learning of mathematics, having authored more than 30 software titles since 1990. Dr. Larson has also authored numerous acclaimed textbooks, including the best-selling calculus series coauthored with Dr. Bruce Edwards and published by Cengage. Dr. Larson received the 2017 William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award for PRECALCULUS and for CALCULUS. He also received the 2018 Text and Academic Authors Association TEXTY Award for CALCULUS: EARLY TRANSCENDENTAL FUNCTIONS. In addition, Dr. Larson received the 1996 Text and Academic Authors Association TEXTY Award for INTERACTIVE CALCULUS -- a complete text on CD-ROM that was the first mainstream college textbook to be offered on the internet.

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Bruce H. Edwards

Dr. Bruce H. Edwards is a professor of mathematics at the University of Florida. Dr. Edwards received his B.S. in mathematics from Stanford University and his Ph.D. in mathematics from Dartmouth College. He taught mathematics at a university near Bogotá, Colombia, as a Peace Corps volunteer. While teaching at the University of Florida, Dr. Edwards has received many teaching awards, including Teacher of the Year in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences Student Council Teacher of the Year and the University of Florida Honors Program Teacher of the Year. He was selected by the Office of Alumni Affairs to be the Distinguished Alumni Professor for 1991-1993. Dr. Edwards has taught a variety of mathematics courses at the University of Florida, from first-year calculus to graduate-level classes in algebra and numerical analysis. He has been a frequent speaker at research conferences and meetings of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. He has also coauthored a wide range of award-winning mathematics textbooks with Dr. Ron Larson.

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Table of Contents

P. Preparation for Calculus
1. Limits and Their Properties
2. Differentiation
3. Applications of Differentiation
4. Integration
5. Logarithmic, Exponential, and Other Transcendental Functions
6. Differential Equations
7. Applications of Integration
8. Integration Techniques and Improper Integrals
9. Infinite Series
10. Conics, Parametric Equations, and Polar Coordinates
11. Vectors and the Geometry of Space
12. Vector-Valued Functions
13. Functions of Several Variables
14. Multiple Integration
15. Vector Analysis
16. Second Order Differential Equations (online)

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Ron Larson

Bruce H. Edwards