We would like to thank the many people who have helped us at various stages of
Calculus over the last 43 years. Their encouragement, criticisms, and suggestions
have been invaluable.
Reviewers
Stan Adamski, Owens Community College; Tilak de Alwis; Darry Andrews;
Alexander Arhangelskii, Ohio University; Seth G. Armstrong, Southern Utah
University; Jim Ball, Indiana State University; Denis Bell, University of Northern
Florida; Marcelle Bessman, Jacksonville University; Abraham Biggs, Broward
Community College; Jesse Blosser, Eastern Mennonite School; Linda A. Bolte,
Eastern Washington University; James Braselton, Georgia Southern University;
Harvey Braverman, Middlesex County College; Mark Brittenham, University of
Nebraska; Tim Chappell, Penn Valley Community College; Mingxiang Chen, North
Carolina A&T State University; Oiyin Pauline Chow, Harrisburg Area Community
College; Julie M. Clark, Hollins University; P.S. Crooke, Vanderbilt University;
Jim Dotzler, Nassau Community College; Murray Eisenberg, University of
Massachusetts at Amherst; Donna Flint, South Dakota State University;
Michael Frantz, University of La Verne; David French, Tidewater Community College;
Sudhir Goel, Valdosta State University; Arek Goetz, San Francisco State University;
Donna J. Gorton, Butler County Community College; John Gosselin, University of
Georgia; Arran Hamm; Shahryar Heydari, Piedmont College; Guy Hogan, Norfolk
State University; Marcia Kleinz, Atlantic Cape Community College; Ashok Kumar,
Valdosta State University; Kevin J. Leith, Albuquerque Community College;
Maxine Lifshitz, Friends Academy; Douglas B. Meade, University of South Carolina;
Bill Meisel, Florida State College at Jacksonville; Shahrooz Moosavizadeh;
Teri Murphy, University of Oklahoma; Darren Narayan, Rochester Institute of
Technology; Susan A. Natale, The Ursuline School, NY; Martha Nega, Georgia
Perimeter College; Sam Pearsall, Los Angeles Pierce College; Terence H. Perciante,
Wheaton College; James Pommersheim, Reed College; Laura Ritter, Southern
Polytechnic State University; Leland E. Rogers, Pepperdine University;
Paul Seeburger, Monroe Community College; Edith A. Silver, Mercer County
Community College; Howard Speier, Chandler-Gilbert Community College;
Desmond Stephens, Florida A&M University; Jianzhong Su, University of Texas at
Arlington; Patrick Ward, Illinois Central College; Chia-Lin Wu, Richard Stockton
College of New Jersey; Diane M. Zych, Erie Community College
Many thanks to Robert Hostetler, The Behrend College, The Pennsylvania State
University, and David Heyd, The Behrend College, The Pennsylvania State University,
for their significant contributions to previous editions of this text.
We would also like to thank the staff at Larson Texts, Inc., who assisted in preparing
the manuscript, rendering the art package, typesetting, and proofreading the pages and
supplements.
On a personal level, we are grateful to our wives, Deanna Gilbert Larson and
Consuelo Edwards, for their love, patience, and support. Also, a special note of thanks
goes out to R. Scott O’Neil.
If you have suggestions for improving this text, please feel free to write to us. Over
the years we have received many useful comments from both instructors and students,
and we value these very much.
Ron Larson
Bruce Edwards
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