Calculus 10th Edition

Book Preface

Welcome to Calculus, Tenth Edition. We are proud to present this new edition to you. As with all editions, we have been able to incorporate many useful comments from you, our user. For this edition, we have introduced some new features and revised others. You will still find what you expect – a pedagogically sound, mathematically precise, and comprehensive textbook.

We are pleased and excited to offer you something brand new with this edition – a companion website at LarsonCalculus.com. This site offers many resources that will help you as you study calculus. All of these resources are just a click away. Our goal for every edition of this textbook is to provide you with the tools you need to master calculus. We hope that you find the changes in this edition, together with LarsonCalculus.com, will accomplish just that.

In each exercise set, be sure to notice the reference to CalcChat.com. At this free site, you can download a step-by-step solution to any odd-numbered exercise. Also, you can talk to a tutor, free of charge, during the hours posted at the site. Over the years, thousands of students have visited the site for help. We use all of this information to help guide each revision of the exercises and solutions.

New To This Edition

NEW LarsonCalculus.com
This companion website offers multiple tools and resources to supplement your learning. Access to these features is free. Watch videos explaining concepts or proofs from the book, explore examples, view three-dimensional graphs, download articles from math journals and much more.

NEW Chapter Opener
Each Chapter Opener highlights real-life applications used in the examples and exercises.

NEW Interactive Examples
Examples throughout the book are accompanied by Interactive Examples at LarsonCalculus.com. These interactive examples use Wolfram’s free CDF Player and allow you to explore calculus by manipulating functions or graphs, and observing the results.

NEW Proof Videos
Watch videos of co-author Bruce Edwards as he explains the proofs of theorems in Calculus, Tenth Edition at LarsonCalculus.com.

NEW How Do You See It?
The How Do You See It? feature in each section presents a real-life problem that you will solve by visual inspection using the concepts learned in the lesson. This exercise is excellent for classroom discussion or test preparation.

REVISED Remark
These hints and tips reinforce or expand upon concepts, help you learn how to study mathematics, caution you about common errors, address special cases, or show alternative or additional steps to a solution of an example.

REVISED Exercise Sets
The exercise sets have been carefully and extensively examined to ensure they are rigorous and relevant and include all topics our users have suggested. The exercises have been reorganized and titled so you can better see the connections between examples and exercises. Multi-step, real-life exercises reinforce problem-solving skills and mastery of concepts by giving students the opportunity to apply the concepts in real-life situations.