Calculus with analytic geometry /
Edwin J. Purcell
- Third Edition
- Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, c1978
- xiv, 945 pages : Illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
1. Preliminaries -- 2. The cartesian plane functions -- 3. Limits and continuity -- 4. The derivative -- 5. Formulas for differentiation of algebraic functions, applications -- 6. Further applications of the derivative -- 7. Antiderivatives -- 8. The definite integral -- 9. Applications of the definite integral -- 10. Transcendental functions.
This book presents a first course in calculus and analytic geometry. The author has tried to write it in a simple and straightforward style, with ample explanations, an abundance of illustrative examples, and carefully graded exercise sets, so that it will be unusually suitable for a reader of average ability to study alone or with minimum help from a teacher.