The accompanying WebAssign includes helpful learning support and new resources like Explore It interactive learning modules. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. It's all just backwards and it's no wonder I had a hard time in Pre-Calc and couldn't follow the material well. He is currently a professor of mathematics at Palomar College near San Diego, California, where he has taught for more than 20 years.

I was not formally trained in mathematics at the time, and I was opting for a rather drastic career change from working in the Financial Industry. I have followed peoples advice on the other thread and have started reading a linear algebra book and differential equations book instead of relying on videos. If you know in advance that your calculus course will be using a replacement textbook for the Stewart Calculus series, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with the new textbook before the course begins. While all calculus textbooks cover the same basic concepts and principles, there may be some differences in the way they present the material.I felt the way the material was laid out I wanted a little bit more hand holding along the way before I was really left to my own devices. It is important to find a book that suits your learning style and to work through problems until you feel confident. To supplement this material books covering Logic and Set Theory in more detail, along with general Proof Techniques should be looked at. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

Getting Power Series to match so that you can use the distributive property is not always the most obvious thing based on the discussion found in this book. Now, perhaps, a new chapter in my life unfolds where I feel the urge to potentially acquire a PhD, but it has been quite a long time since I have studied all aspects of Calculus. Integral House – named after the “integral”, a concept in calculus – is a shrine to calculus, the mathematics of flowing change.

It is introductory, and addresses mostly elementary situations (although addressing more relevant problems in the problems section), therefore perhaps Spivak's Calculus may suit a more advanced or honors oriented class. Unfortunately I don't think I'll ever have it in me to rate a calculus textbook 5 stars but it was very helpful for calc I and II. You, truly, can only learn it by doing it and I don't really care how much of a genius someone is, they are still human and will need to do this at some point. Stewart most recently served as a professor of mathematics at McMaster University and the University of Toronto.

James Stewart�s Calculus, Metric series is the top-seller in the world because of its problem-solving focus, mathematical precision and accuracy, and outstanding examples and problem sets. Either way, do not underestimate the value of conversations in technical subjects, I find they are paramount to my understanding and to my students' understanding. You can do this by reading through the table of contents, looking at sample problems, or even trying to work through a few practice exercises.

However, when I was first teaching myself Calculus a little over ten years ago, this was the text I had picked up, albeit it was an old edition, the 2nd Edition to be specific. Used books have different signs of use and might not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. I have used this book for four Calculus classes and it has been superbly clear, illustrious, explicit, and sometimes entertaining. One of the complaints one of my colleagues had about the text was that the problem sets in Stewart were too easy, so that was one of the major justifications for using Thomas, despite the exposition being sub par in my opinion.

Since Stewart has passed away, sadly, it would probably be nearly impossible to add meaningful content in his style. This is perhaps the best way to self-teach yourself the mathematics required for college and prepare for each class, and that is exactly how this textbook helped me before I started the summer course.That being said, once an enterprising student has gone through this text they may be ready to tackle the likes of Advanced Calculus or Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Differential Forms: A Unified Approach. He taught mathematics at Pennsylvania State University before serving at California State University, Long Beach, where he is currently professor emeritus. Luckily, being at a university I had a lot of people I could just ask, but not everyone will have such a luxury.