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Calculus Early Transcendentals Differential & Multi-Variable Calculus for Social Sciences was adapted by Petra Menz and Nicola Mulberry from Lyryx' textbook, Calculus Early Transcendentals an Open Text (VERSION 2017- REVISION A) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).

Unless otherwise noted, Calculus Early Transcendentals for Integral & Multi-Variable Calculus for Social Sciences is (c) 2018 by Lyryx. The textbook content was produced by Lyryx Learning Team and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license, except for the following changes and additions, which are (c) 2018 by Petra Menz, and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-Alike 4.0 International license. Examples, in particular applications, have been added throughout the textbook to further illustrate concepts and to reflect social science calculus content; exercises have been added throughout the textbook to provide more extensive practice, and information throughout the book, as applicable, has been revised to reflect social science calculus content and modified to visually align definitions, theorems and guidelines established in the textbook. The following additions have been made to these chapters:

Chapter 1:

  • Antiderivatives

Chapter 2:

  • Partial Fraction Method

Chapter 3:

  • Business and Economics Applications

Chapter 4:

  • Probability: One Random Variable, Two Random Variables

Chapter 5:

  • Classifying Differential Equations

  • Simple Growth and Decay Model, Logistic Growth Model

  • Slope Fields

The following deletions have been made: Review, Functions, Limits, Derivatives, Applications of Derivatives, Selected Applications of Integration (Distance, Velocity, Acceleration, Work, Centre of Mass, Arc Length, Surface Area), Polar Coordinates, Parametric Equations, Three Dimensions, Partial Differentiation, Vector Functions, and Vector Calculus.