●Flexible approach to content: Self-contained chapters allow instructors to customize the selection, order, and depth of chapters.●Flexible approach to technology:Text is adaptable to courses having various levels of computer involvement, ranging from none to intensive. Technologies include advanced graphing calculators, spreadsheets, web-based systems (applets), computer algebra systems (Maple, Mathematica, Sage), scientific computations systems (MATLAB), or traditional programing (FORTRAN, JavaScript, Python). More than 450 problems are marked with technology icons and files for those problems are available. ●Emphasis on understanding concepts: A great number of problems as well as some examples call for conclusions to be drawn about the solution which reinforces the concept of the topic.
