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Biocalculus: Calculus, Probability, and Statistics for the Life Sciences, 1st Edition


James Stewart | Troy DayISBN-10: 1305114035 | ISBN-13: 9781305114036    © 2016 

Chapter 1 - Functions and Sequences

1.1 - Reading graphs, Difference Quotient, and Domain

1.2 - Parent graphs and functions

1.3 - Shifting, stretching, reflecting, and manipulating functions

1.4 - Exponential functions

1.5 - Logarithms, and graphing with Log-Log and Semi-Log plots 

1.6 - Sequences and Difference Equations (recursive functions)

Chapter 2 - Limits

2.1 - Limits of sequences

2.2 - Limits of sequences and functions as x approaches infinity

2.3 - Limit of a function as x approaches a number

2.4 - Limits using algebra

2.5 - Continuity

Chapter 3 - Derivatives

3.1 - Average Rate of Change and Instantaneous Rate of Change

3.2 - Derivative as a function and slope of a tangent line

3.3 - Power Rule for derivatives and derivatives for sine and cosine

3.4 - Product and Quotient Rules and Derivatives of other trig functions

3.5 - Chain Rule, Implicit Differentiation, and Related Rates

3.6 - Exponential Growth and Decay, Half-Life, and Newton's Law of Cooling

3.7 - Derivatives of Logarithmic functions, Logarithmic Differentiation, and Inverse tangent (arctanx)

3.8 - Linear Approximations, Newton's Method, and Taylor Polynomials

Chapter 4 - Applications of Derivatives

4.1 - Absolute Maximum and Minimum

4.2 - Graphing with Derivatives (inc/dec and concavity) and Mean Value Theorem (MVT)

4.3 - L'Hôpital's Rule

4.4 - Optimization (word problems)

4.5 - Stability of Equilibria for Recursions: Cobwebbing and Stability Criterion

4.6 - Anti-Derivatives

Please see the MAT 17B page for videos on section 4.6.