Calculus and analytic geometry /
George B. Thomas
- Eight Edition
- Reading, Massachusetts : Addision-Wesley Publishing Company, c1992
- xvi, 1101 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
Chapter1. The rate of change of a function -- Chapter2. Derivatives -- Chapter3. Applications of derivatives -- Chapter4. Integration -- Chapter5. Applications of definite integrals -- Chapter6. The calculus of transcendental function -- Chapter7. Techniques of integration -- Chapter8. Infinite series -- Chapter9. Conic sections, parametrized curves and polar coordinates Chapter10. Vectors and analytic geometry in space -- Chapter11. Vector-valued functions and motion in space -- Chapter12. Functions of two or more variables and their derivatives -- Chapter13. Multiple integral -- Chapter14. Integration in vector fields -- Chapter15.Differential equations .
Our goals in this edition have been to shorten the text without omitting significant topics; to continue our emphasis on visualization as an aid to understanding calculus. Throughout the revision, we have maintained the mathematical level of previous edition.