| Page | Change |
| xiv | The title of Chapter 5 in the Table of Contents should be Applications of Iteration. |
| 7 | lines 2 and 4, change Table reference 1.0 to 1.5 (twice) |
| 7 | lines 6 and 9, change Figure reference 1.2 to 1.3 (twice) |
| 7 | delete duplicate line (Armstrong) in Table 1.3 |
| 13-14 | replace 79 by 76 in discussion of EA 2 -- slope changes to -2.54 |
| 33 | interchange lines 12, 15 (both lines start with "but") |
| 38 | Graph of f(x) in Fig. 1.18 is wrong -- it should go through (-4,0) (as it does in Fig. 1.19). |
| 39 | Answer to Checkpoint 2(c): interchange definitions of f(x) and g(x). |
| 47 | wrong graphic inserted for Fig. 1.25 -- should be mirror image |
| 60 | number in second line of Checkpoint 3(b) should be 3.7238150634272 x 10-7 |
| 65 | Ex 10(a), change "admitted" to "enrolled" (twice) |
| 93 | Ex. 17, change reference to Ex. 31 in Section 1.3 |
| 126 | First line of discussion after EA 2, "k is approximately -0.30." |
| 130 | Ex. 2, change first y value in table to 2.709. |
| 138 | In Fig. 2.59, first number on horizontal axis should be 1981. |
| 178 | Ex. 38, change "Apollo 11" to "Apollo 14" |
| 203 | Line 12 should start "f(-2) = -16." |
| 210 | In second line of Ex. 19, change 0.92 to 0.82. |
| 212-213 | At bottom of 212 and top of 213, change -1/2 to -sqrt(2/3) and 1/2 to sqrt(2/3). (8 changes) |
| 273 | In line -4, the end of the line should read "... that has the value 0 ...". |
| 279 | The numbers are wrong in the Solution to Example 1. They should be 2 + 3(0.1) = 2.3 2.3 + 3.3(0.1) = 2.63 2.63 + 3.63(0.1) = 2.993 |
| 407 | last line, col 2, formula should be (1/c) ln (|x|/|c-x|) |
| 409 | change coefficient in last display to 0.45 |
| 410 | lines 1-2, add "some other cycle, " before "or" |
| 410 | change numbers in Exs. 18-21: 1.9, 1.95, 2, 2.05 |
| 425 | last display, change unit from “second” to “minute” |
| 440 | In Fig 8.16, the dots for '57-'60 are not connected in proper order |
| 462 | Table 8.9, change last entry in row 1 to 400 |
| 462 | lines -3 and -1, change “density” to “mass” |
| 526 | Exs. 13-16, change all integral limits to -3 to 3 |
| 529 | In text between Exercises 4and 5, the reference should be to Exercises 1-4 |
| 529 | In text between Exercises 8 and 9, the reference should be to Exercises 1-8 |
| 540 | In first line of part (h), Project 3, the reference should be to part (g). |
| 568 | Add footnote 2 to Ex. 12 crediting Sam Morris, Duke University |
| 569 | Increase footnote number by 1 |
| 581 | Increase footnote numbers by 1 |
| 582 | Increase footnote number by 1 |
| 583 | Increase footnote numbers by 1 |
| 591 | Increase footnote numbers by 1 |
| 602 | Increase footnote numbers by 1 |
| 604 | Increase footnote numbers by 1 |
| 620 | Last displayed formula, last subscript should be n-1 |
| 639 | In Exercise 34, a should be 1 |
| 640 | In Exercise 40, a should be 1 |
| 670 | lines 7-9, the discussion of x = -sqrt(2) is wrong -- the series converges there, by odd symmetry, to -sqrt(2) ln 2 |
| 676 | Table 11.11, last four entries in n=5 row should be 0.3333, 0.4000, 7.4000, -0.0109 |
| 694 | Ex 32, denominator should be arctan 3x |
| A1 | Formula 22 is incorrect. The correct formula is ln |u + sqrt(a2 + u2)| + C. |
| A9 | 2.6, Ex. 5(d), answer should be "The data points appear straight on a graph with logarithmic scale on the horizontal axis." (Delete second sentence.) |
| A9 | Ch 3, Ex 31, answer should be (v) |
| A9 | 4.1, Ex. 17(a), answer should be height = 8.12 in. |
| A9 | 4.2, Ex. 9, answer should be concave up for t < 0.2045 and t > 2.833, concave down for t between these values |
| A10 | 4.6, Ex. 2, answer should be to lay the pipe aong the edges of the square. |
| A10 | 4.7, Ex. 16, answer should be -1/(x + 5)2 |
| A10 | 4.7, Ex. 20, answer should be -2x/(x2 + 5)3/2 |
| A10 | 4.8, Ex. 12, answer should be 2x/[3(1 + x2)2/3] |
| A10 | Ch. 4, Ex 21, answer should be 1 + 3e-3t |
| A10 | Ch. 4, Ex 23, answer should be -9e-3t |
| A11 | 8.2, Ex 18, answer should be e - 1/e = 2.350 |
| A11 | 8.2, Ex. 21(a), answer should be 20 |
| A12 | Ch 8, Ex 31(b), answer should be 1/(n+1) |
| A12 | 9.1, Ex 17, answer should be 80.99 grams |
| A12 | 9.4, Ex 20, answer should be sqrt(2) - 1 = 0.4142 |
| A13 | 9.5, Ex 17, answer should be (1/12) cos52x sin 2x + (5/48) cos32x sin 2x + 5x/16 + (5/32) sin 2x cos 2x + C |
| A13 | 9.5, Ex 24, answer should be (1/14sqrt(7)) arctan x + x/[14(7 + x2)] + C |
| A13 | Ch 9, Ex 53, answer should be (1/[2sqrt(29)]) ln |[x+3+sqrt(29)]/[x+3-sqrt(29)]| + C |
| A13 | 10.1, Ex 4, answer should be 29/3 |
| A13 | 11.1, Ex 32(a), second coefficient in answer should be -1/6 |
| A14 | 11.3, Ex 35, answer should be [0.388,1.734] |
| A14 | 11.3, Ex 40, answer should be [-0.268,2.045] |
| A14 | 11.6, Ex 9, answer should be 7 |
| A14 | 11.6, Ex 22, answer should be (e2 - 1)/2 |
Acknowledgement: Thanks to students and faculty at Duke University, Jacksonville University, Rock Island High School, Birmingham Southern College, Raritan Valley Community College, and the U. S. Military Academy for helping us locate and correct errors in our text. We welcome additional corrections from readers anywhere, and we will be happy to acknowledge your contributions in this space. The Authors
Please e-mail additional corrections to David A. Smith <das@math.duke.edu>Last modified: May 10, 1999