Calculus for the Life Sciences

Based on the best-selling Calculus and Its Applications by Marv Bittinger, this new text is appropriate for a two-semester calculus course for life science majors. With four new chapters and two new co-authors, Calculus for the Life Sciences continues the Bittinger reputation as one of the most student-oriented and clearly written Applied Calculus texts available. The exercises and examples have been substantially updated to include additional relevant life science applications and current topics.

List of contents

Chapter 1    Functions and Graphs

                    1.1    Slope and Linear Functions

                    1.2    Polynomial Functions

                    1.3    Rational and Radical Functions

                    1.4    Trigonometric Functions

                    1.5    Trigonometric Functions and the Unit Circle

                    Summary and Review

                    Test

                    EXTENDED LIFE SCIENCE CONNECTION:  Carbon Dioxide Concentrations

 

Chapter 2    Differentiation

                    2.1    Limits and Continuity:  Numerically and Graphically

                    2.2    Limits: Algebraically

                    2.3    Average Rates of Change

                    2.4    Differentiation Using Limits of Difference Quotients

                    2.5    Differentiation Techniques: Introduction

                    2.6    Instantaneous Rates of Change

                    2.7    Differentiation Techniques:  The Product and Quotient Rules

                    2.8    The Chain Rule

                    2.9    Higher-Order Derivatives

                    Summary and Review

                    Test

                    EXTENDED LIFE SCIENCE CONNECTION:  Rate of Epidemic Spread: SARS

 

Chapter 3    Applications of Differentiation

                    3.1    Using the First Derivatives to Find Maximum and Minimum Values and Sketch Graphs

                    3.2    Using Second Derivatives to Find Maximum and Minimum Values and Sketch Graphs

                    3.3    Graph Sketching:  Asymptotes and Rational Functions

                    3.4    Using Derivatives to Find Absolute Maximum and Minimum Values

                    3.5    Maximum-Minimum Problems

                    3.6    Approximation Techniques

                    3.7    Implicit Differentiation of Related Rates

                    Summary and Review

                    Test

                    EXTENDED LIFE SCIENCE CONNECTION:  Polymorphism

 

Chapter 4    Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

                    4.1    Exponential Functions

                    4.2    Logarithmic Functions

                    4.3    Applications:  The Uninhibited Growth Model, dP/dt = kP

                    4.4    Applications:  Decay

                    4.5    The Derivatives of a^x and log_a^x

                    Summary and Review

                    Test

                    EXTENDED LIFE SCIENCE CONNECTION:  Maximum Sustainable Harvest

 

Chapter 5    Integration

                    5.1    Integration

                    5.2    Riemann Sums and Definite Integrals

                    5.3    Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

                    5.4    Properties of Definite Integrals

                    5.5    Integration Techniques: Substitution

                    5.6    Integration Techniques:  Integration by Parts

                    5.7    Integration Techniques:  Tables and Technology

                    5.8    Volume

                    5.9    Improper Integrals

                    Summary and Review

                    Test

                    EXTENDED LIFE SCIENCE CONNECTION:  Estimating Dinosaur Mass

 

Chapter 6    Matrices

                    6.1    Matrix Operations

                    6.2    Solving Linear Systems of Equations

                    6.3    Finding a Matrix Inverse and Determinant

                    6.4    Computing Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

                    6.5    Solving Difference Equations

                    Summary and Review

                    Test

                    EXTENDED LIFE SCIENCE CONNECTION:  Population Growth

 

Chapter 7    Functions of Several Variables

                    7.1    Functions of Several Variables

                    7.2    Partial Derivatives

                    7.3    Maximum-Minimum Problems

                    7.4    An Application:  The Method of Least Squares

                    7.5    Multiple Integration

                    Summary and Review

                    Test

                    EXTENDED LIFE SCIENCE CONNECTION:  Stocking Fish

 

Chapter 8    First-Order Differential Equations

                    8.1    Differential Equations and Initial-Value Problems

                    8.2    Linear First-Order Differential Equations

                    8.3    Stability of Autonomous Differential Equations

                    8.4    Separable Differential Equations

                    8.5    Numerical Solutions of Differential Equations

                    Summary and Review

                    Test

                    EXTENDED LIFE SCIENCE CONNECTION:  Larvae and Forest Defoliation

 

Chapter 9    Higher-Order and Systems of Differential Equations

                    9.1    Higher-Order Homogeneous Differential Equations

                    9.2    Higher-Order Nonhomogeneous Differential Equations

                    9.3    Systems of Linear Differential Equations

                    9.4    Matrices and Trajectories

                    9.5    Models of Population Biology

                    9.6    Numerical Methods

                    Summary and Review

                    Test

                    EXTENDED LIFE SCIENCE CONNECTION:  Epidemics

 

Chapter 10    Probability

                      10.1    Probability

                      10.2    Multiplication Trees and Bayes’ Rule

                      10.3    The Binomial Distribution

                      10.4    Expected Value and Standard Deviation for Discrete Random Variables

    &...

About the author

Marvin Bittinger For over thirty years Professor Marvin L. Bittinger has been teaching math at the university level. Since 1968 he has been employed as a professor of mathematics education at Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis. Professor Bittinger has authored 159 publications on topics ranging from Basic Mathematics to Algebra and Trigonometry to Brief Calculus. He received his BA in Mathematics from Manchester College in 1963 and his PhD in Mathematics Education from Purdue University in 1968. Special honors include being Distinguished Visiting Professor at the United States Air Force Academy and being elected to the Manchester College Board of Trustees from 1992 to 1999. His hobbies include hiking, baseball, golf, and bowling and he enjoys membership in the Professional Bowler's Association and the Society for the Advancement of Baseball Research.

Professor Bittinger has also had the privilege of speaking at a recent mathematics convention giving a lecture entitled, Baseball and Mathematics. In addition, he also has an interest in philosophy and theology, in particular, apologetics. Professor Bittinger currently lives in Carmel, Indiana with his wife Elaine. He has two grown and married sons, Lowell and Chris, and three grandchildren.

 

Neal Brand is the Departmental Chair and Professor of Mathematics at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, where he has taught since 1983. Before teaching at UNT, he taught at Ohio State University and Loyola University of Chicago, and he was employed as a scientist at McDonnell-Douglass Corporation. He received his BS in Mathematics from Purdue University in 1974, and his MS and PhD in Mathematics from Stanford University in 1976 and 1978 respectively. He has authored or co-authored 26 refereed articles that have appeared in the mathematical literature.

Dr. Brand is a member of the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society. Outside of mathematics, his interests include woodworking and carpentry. He is a founding board member and current board president of Habitat for Humanity of Denton County. He lives in Denton, Texas with his wife Shari. He also has two grown daughters.

 

John A. Quintanilla is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, where he has taught since 1996. He received both his BS and MS in Mathematics from Stanford University in 1992, and he received his PhD in Civil of Engineering and Operations Research from Princeton University in 1997. He has authored or co-authored 18 refereed articles that have appeared in the scientific literature.

Dr. Quintanilla has been the recipient of multiple teaching awards. In 2004, he received the University of North Texas President's Council Teaching Award. In 2005, he was conferred the Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics Award by the Texas Section of the Mathematical Association of America. Dr. Quintanilla is a member of the Mathematical Association of America and the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences.

His outside interests include golf, volleyball, softball, and Bible study. He lives in Denton, Texas with his wife Sandra and their daughter Sarah.

 

 

Summary

Based on the best-selling Calculus and Its Applications by Marv Bittinger, this new text is appropriate for a two-semester calculus course for life science majors. With four new chapters and two new co-authors, Calculus for the Life Sciences continues the Bittinger reputation as one of the most student-oriented and clearly written Applied Calculus texts available. The exercises and examples have been substantially updated to include additional relevant life science applications and current topics.

Product details

• Authors: Marvin Bittinger, Marvin L. Bittinger, Neal Brand, Neil Brand, John Quintanilla
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.2024
• EAN: 9780321279354
• ISBN: 978-0-321-27935-4
• No. of pages: 832
• Dimensions: 206 mm x 257 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 1610 g
• Series: Addison-Wesley; Calculus for Life Sciences; Addison-Wesley
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Analysis