#Ap calc 9th edition answer series#

The Stewart Calculus series includes several other calculus textbooks that might be preferable for some instructors. Our aim is to provide instructors and their students with the tools they need to chart their own paths to discovering calculus. The features (including projects, extended exercises, principles of problem solving, and historical insights) provide a variety of enhancements to a central core of fundamental concepts and skills. We are keenly aware that good teaching comes in different forms and that there are different approaches to teaching and learning calculus, so the exposition and exercises are designed to accommodate different teaching and learning styles. Moreover, conceptual understanding and technical skill can go hand in hand, each reinforcing the other. Visualization, numerical and graphical experimentation, and verbal descriptions can greatly facilitate conceptual understanding. Nearly all calculus instructors agree that conceptual understanding should be the ultimate goal of calculus instruction to implement this goal we present fundamental topics graphically, numerically, algebraically, and verbally, with an emphasis on the relationships between these different representations. The emphasis is on understanding concepts. We want students to share some of that excitement. Newton undoubtedly experienced a sense of triumph when he made his great discoveries. At the same time, we strive to give some appreciation for the intrinsic beauty of the subject. We aim to convey to the student a sense of the utility of calculus as well as to promote development of technical ability. In this Ninth Edition, as in all of the preceding editions, we continue the tradition of writing a book that, we hope, assists students in discovering calculus-both for its practical power and its surprising beauty. The art of teaching, Mark Van Doren said, is the art of assisting discovery.