MA 3972-MA-Book May 24, 2018 14:ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I could not have written this book without the help of the following people:My high school calculus teacher,Michael Cantor, who taught me calculus.
ProfessorLeslie Beebe, who taught me how to write.
David Pickman, who fixed my computer and taught me Equation Editor.
Jennifer Tobin, who tirelessly edited many parts of the manuscript and with whom I look forward to coauthoring
a math book in the future.
Robert Teseoand his calculus students who field-tested many of the problems.
Allison Litvack,Rich Peck, andLiz Spiegel, who proofread sections of the Practice Tests. And a special thanks to
Trisha Ho, who edited some of the materials.
Mark Reynolds, who proofread part of the manuscript.
Maxine Lifsfitz, who offered many helpful comments and suggestions.Grace Freedson,Del Franz, andSonam Arorafor all their assistance.
Sam LeeandDerek Ma, who were on 24-hour call for technical support.
My older daughter,Janet, for not killing me for missing one of her concerts.
My younger daughter,Karen, who helped me with many of the computer graphics.
My wife,Mary, who gave me many ideas for the book and who often has more confidence in me than I have in
myself.xi