Calculus II For Dummies, 2nd Edition
- Length: 384 pages
- Edition: 2
- Language: English
- Publisher: For Dummies
- Publication Date: 2012-01-24
- ISBN-10: 111816170X
- ISBN-13: 9781118161708
- Sales Rank: #64768 (See Top 100 Books)
An easy-to-understand primer on advanced calculus topics
Calculus II is a prerequisite for many popular college majors, including pre-med, engineering, and physics. Calculus II For Dummies offers expert instruction, advice, and tips to help second semester calculus students get a handle on the subject and ace their exams.
It covers intermediate calculus topics in plain English, featuring in-depth coverage of integration, including substitution, integration techniques and when to use them, approximate integration, and improper integrals. This hands-on guide also covers sequences and series, with introductions to multivariable calculus, differential equations, and numerical analysis. Best of all, it includes practical exercises designed to simplify and enhance understanding of this complex subject.
- Introduction to integration
- Indefinite integrals
- Intermediate Integration topics
- Infinite series
- Advanced topics
- Practice exercises
Confounded by curves? Perplexed by polynomials? This plain-English guide to Calculus II will set you straight!
Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction to Integration
Chapter 1: An Aerial View of the Area Problem
Chapter 2: Dispelling Ghosts from the Past: A Review of Pre-Calculus and Calculus I
Chapter 3: From Definite to Indefinite: The Indefinite Integral
Part II: Indefinite Integrals
Chapter 4: Instant Integration: Just Add Water (And C)
Chapter 5: Making a Fast Switch: Variable Substitution
Chapter 6: Integration by Parts
Chapter 7: Trig Substitution: Knowing All the (Tri) Angles
Chapter 8: When All Else Fails: Integration with Partial Fractions
Part III: Intermediate Integration Topics
Chapter 9: Forging into New Areas: Solving Area Problems
Chapter 10: Pump Up the Volume: Using Calculus to Solve 3-D Problems
Part IV: Infinite Series
Chapter 11: Following a Sequence, Winning the Series
Chapter 12: Where Is This Going? Testing for Convergence and Divergence
Chapter 13: Dressing Up Functions with the Taylor Series
Part V: Advanced Topics
Chapter 14: Multivariable Calculus
Chapter 15: What’s So Different about Differential Equations?
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 16: Ten “Aha!” Insights in Calculus II
Chapter 17: Ten Tips to Take to the Test
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