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Calculus for the AP® Course
Third Edition©2020 Michael Sullivan; Kathleen Miranda
Spread your wings with Sullivan and Miranda. This text offers a trusted and student-friendly approach to learning calculus while preparing you for either the AP® Calculus AB or AP® Calculus BC Exam, with the most up-to-date and quality AP® content available.
Sullivan and Miranda, Calculus for the AP® Course, 3e, is built around worked examples set in readable chapters that are closely aligned with the newest AP® Calculus Course and Exam Description from College Board. The textbook offers extensive integrated support coupled with plenty of problems to practice with, helping you to prepare for the AP® Exam. To allow you to work with the textbook and problems electronically, we are now offer SaplingPlus Online-Homework with targeted feedback because it is accessible, accurate, and reliable.
Table of Contents
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
What Is Calculus?
Student’s Guide to This Book
Chapter P Preparing for Calculus
UNIT 1 Limits and Continuity
Chapter 1 Limits and Continuity
UNIT 2 Differentiation: Definition and Fundamental Properties
Chapter 2 The Derivative and Its Properties
UNIT 3 Differentiation: Composite, Implicit, and Inverse Functions
Chapter 3 The Derivative of Composite, Implicit, and Inverse Functions
UNIT 4 Contextual Applications of Differentiation
Chapter 4 Applications of the Derivative, Part 1
UNIT 5 Analytical Applications of Differentiation
Chapter 5 Applications of the Derivative, Part 2
UNIT 6 Integration and Accumulation of Change
Chapter 6: Part 1 The Integral
Chapter 6: Part 2 Techniques of Integration
UNIT 7 Differential Equations
Chapter 7: Differential Equations
UNIT 8 Applications of Integration
Chapter 8: Applications of the Integral
AP® Practice Exam: Calculus AB
UNIT 9 Parametric Equations; Polar Coordinates; and Vector-Valued Functions
Chapter 9: Parametric Equations; Polar Coordinates; Vector Functions
UNIT 10 Infinite Sequences and Series
Chapter 10: Infinite Series
AP® Practice Exam: Calculus BC
Appendix A Precalculus Used in Calculus
Appendix B Theorems and Proofs
Appendix C Using Calculators on the AP® Calculus Exam
Answers
End Sheets
Table of Derivatives
Table of Integrals
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Chicago State University, received a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Before retiring, Mike taught at Chicago State for 35 years, where he honed an approach to teaching and writing that forms the foundation for his textbooks. Mike has been writing for more than 35 years and currently has 15 books in print. His books have been awarded both Texty and McGuffey awards from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA). In 2007, he received the TAA Lifetime Achievement Award. Mike is a member of the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges, the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Textbook and Academic Authors Association.
Kathleen Miranda
Kathleen Miranda, Ed.D from St. John’s University, is an Emeritus Associate Professor of the State University of New York (SUNY), where she taught for 25 years. Kathleen is a recipient of the prestigious New York State Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and she particularly enjoys teaching mathematics to underprepared and fearful students. Kathleen served as director of Curriculum and Assessment Development at Old Westbury. In addition to her extensive classroom experience, Kathleen has worked as accuracy reviewer and solutions author on several mathematics textbooks, including Michael Sullivan’s Brief Calculus and Finite Mathematics. Kathleen’s goal is to help students unlock the complexities of calculus and appreciate its many applications.
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