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About the Authors
Robert T. Smith is Professor of Mathematics and Dean of the School of Science and
MathematicsatMillersvilleUniversityofPennsylvania,wherehehasbeenafacultymember
since 1987. Prior to that, he was on the faculty at Virginia Tech. He earned his Ph.D. in
mathematics from the University of Delaware in 1982.
Professor Smith’s mathematical interests are in the application of mathematics to prob-
lemsinengineeringandthephysicalsciences.Hehaspublishedanumberofresearcharticles
on the applications of partial differential equations as well as on computational problems in
x-raytomography.HeisamemberoftheAmericanMathematicalSociety,theMathematical
Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
ProfessorSmith livesin Lancaster,Pennsylvania,with his wife Pam, his daughter Katie
and his son Michael. His ongoing extracurricular goal is to learn to play golf well enough
to not come in last in his annual mathematicians/statisticians tournament.
Roland B. Minton is Professor of Mathematics and Chair of the Departmentof Mathemat-
ics, Computer Science and Physics at Roanoke College, where he has taught since 1986.
Prior to that, he was on the faculty at Virginia Tech. He earned his Ph.D. from Clemson
University in 1982. He is the recipient of Roanoke College awards for teaching excellence
and professional achievement, as well as the 2005 Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award and
the 2008 George Polya Award for mathematics exposition.
Professor Minton’s current research program is in the mathematics of golf, especially
the analysis of ShotLink statistics. He has published articles on various aspects of sports
science,and co-authoredwithTimPenningsanarticle onPennings’dogElvis andhisability
to solve calculus problems. He is co-author of a technical monograph on control theory.
He has supervised numerous independent studies and held workshops for local high school
teachers. He is an active member of the Mathematical Association of America.
Professor Minton lives in Salem, Virginia, with his wife Jan and occasionally with his
daughter Kelly and son Greg when they visit. He enjoys playing golf when time permits
and watching sports events even when time doesn’t permit. Jan also teaches at Roanoke
College and is very active in mathematics education.
In addition to Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions, Professors Smith and Minton
are also coauthors of Calculus: Concepts and Connections
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2006, and three earlier books
for McGraw-Hill Higher Education. Earlier editions of Calculus have been translated into
Spanish, Chinese and Korean and are in use around the world.
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