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"Modern software tools such as Maple have the potential to alter radically the way mathematics is taught, learned, and done." With this principle firmly in mind, the author of Maple via Calculus brings to teachers and students a fresh look at the standard calculus curriculum, colored by the existence of technology like Maple - a tool that can be used in class during lectures and exams and at home while working assignments, a tool whose universal access will eventually make a software-based approach to mathematics the norm.

Whether one uses this book primarily to learn Maple or to learn calculus, the student who works through the exercises will learn a great deal about both. Drill exercises and rote manipulation are replaced here with conceptual learning activities and an exploratory interaction with mathematics not seen in traditional courses. A surprising feature is that fewer than 90 Maple commands are necessary to do all the calculus activities in the book, thus making it an ideal text for learning Maple basics. By implementing this powerful computer algebra system in their courses, teachers can clearly delineate the fundamental ideas of calculus while demonstrating the efficient use of Maple.

The techniques illustrated in this text have passed the test of student acceptance. The author has used them with great success in his own courses and demonstrated them in workshops and presentations in many locations in North America and Europe. Everyone interested in bringing the computer into the calculus classroom will find the book to be a valuable resource. ... Read more

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This book is intended as a supplement to any calculus textbook for first-year calculus students using Macsyma 2.2 or later as a computational tool. Its goal is to teach students the Macsyma syntax so they may confidently use Macsyma in studying calculus. ... Read more

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great for beginers (only)
I don't like introductory books with page counts hitting 4 digits. They are either not introductory or overcomplicated.
This book does NOT fall into such category. After less then hundred pages you will get 80% you will use during the rest of your life. Or if you are seeking your career in being Leo Tolstoy of CompAided mathematics this book would be a great point to start without being bored to death.
I have Reduce and Mathematica experience. It took only an hour to get through the book. While the reward was feeling that I have been programming in Macsyma for years. ... Read more

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This ADVANTAGE SERIES edition of Swokowski's text is a truly valuable selection. Groundbreaking in every way when first published, this book is a simple, straightforward, direct calculus text. Its popularity is directly due to its broad use of applications, the easy-to-understand writing style, and the wealth of examples and exercises, which reinforce conceptualization of the subject matter. The author wrote this text with three objectives in mind. The first was to make the book more student-oriented by expanding discussions and providing more examples and figures to help clarify concepts. To further aid students, guidelines for solving problems were added in many sections of the text. The second objective was to stress the usefulness of calculus by means of modern applications of derivatives and integrals. The third objective, to make the text as accurate and error-free as possible, was accomplished by a careful examination of the exposition, combined with a thorough checking of each example and exercise. And,as part of the ADVANTAGE SERIES, this new version will offer all the quality content you've come to expect from Swokowski sold to your students at a significantly lower price. ... Read more

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Ancillaries for Calculus (6th edition)
If you already own or plan on purchasing Swokowski's "Calculus" (6th edition) or his "Calculus of a Single Variable" (2nd edition), then you will probably want to obtain some of the following ancillaries:

Advanced Placement Study Guide
ISBN: 0-534-93927-9
DERIVE Notebook
ISBN: 0-534-93637-7
Instructor's Solutions Manual
Volume I, ISBN: 0-534-93630-X
Volume II, ISBN: 0-534-93631-8
Mathematica Notebook
IBM ISBN: 0-534-93632-6
Student Solutions Manual
Volume I, ISBN: 0-534-93628-8
Volume II, ISBN: 0-534-93629-6
Study Guide
Volume I, ISBN: 0-534-93626-1
Volume II, ISBN: 0-534-93627-X
Printed Test Bank
ISBN: 0-534-93926-0
Transparencies
ISBN: 0-534-93642-3

Note: Since this book is out-of-print, some of these ancillaries will be difficult to find. I was able to locate copies of the "Student Solutions Manual" and "Study Guide" by doing a "Google" search (I used the ISBN numbers). Volume 1 of the "Student Solutions Manual" and the "Study Guide" are readily available, but volume 2 of both publications are scarce and expensive; for example, a new copy of the "Student Solutions Manual (Vol. II)" costs $83.46 from the UK, and a new copy of the "Study Guide (Vol. II)" costs $57.65. Needless to say, used copies of these ancillaries are considerably cheaper. I did not attempt to find any of the other materials. (Obviously, the quoted prices are meant to be representative and will certainly vary over time.)

"Calculus" (6th edition) contains all the chapters listed below; Swokowski's "Calculus of a Single Variable" (2nd edition) contains Chapters 1 through 9 of the main text plus appendices and index.

Precalculus Review
1. Limits and Continuity
2. The Derivative
3. Applications of the Derivative
4. Integrals
5. Applications of the Definitive Integral
6. Transcendental Functions
7. Techniques of Integration
8. Infinite Series
9. Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates
10.Vectors and Surfaces
11.Vector-Valued Functions
12.Partial Differentiation
13.Multiple Integrals
14.Vector Calculus
15.Differential Equations
Appendices/Answers to Selected Exercises/Index.

Note:If you purchased Swokowski's "Calculus of a Single Variable" (2nd edition) instead of his "Calculus" (6th edition), then you need purchase only "volume I" of the listed ancillaries.

Amazing book!!
This book was adopted in my college, but it is out of print in Brazil. Thus, the depth Math solved replace it by Anton's book.
Swokowski's book is an amazing book that equilibrates proofs and intuition very well. It has excellent examples and many exercises
with applications. The review refers the 5th edition.

1280 pages pure and applied calculus + answers and appendix
This book is so comprehensive you can use it for any engineering and general purposes. You must also get it`s study guides and instructor`s book for an efficient study... Their study guide 1 ISBN: 0-534-936-261, 2 ISBN: 0-534-936-27X, Instructor`s manual 1 ISBN: 0-534-936-30X and 2 ISBN: 0-534-936-318.

Someone that knows
I've taken either Calc 1, 2, or 3 at every Junior College (and Cal State U. Northridge) in the northern Los Angeles area and this is by far the best book I've dealt with. The ONLY problem with it is its really bad construction. Almost everybody's book was falling apart so DON'T BUY USED!!!!! I only have the cover left but I think I'm goning to buy another one or its equivalent for Calc 3(multivariable).

-Tas

Get Student Solutions Guide also!
The Student's Solutions Manual Volume 1 for chapters 1-9 is also worth getting!ISBN 0-534-93628-8 ... Read more

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In this best selling Precalculus text, the authors explain concepts simply and clearly, without glossing over difficult points. This comprehensive, evenly-paced book provides complete coverage of the function concept and integrates substantial graphing calculator materials that help students develop insight into mathematical ideas. This author team invests the same attention to detail and clarity as Jim Stewart does in his market-leading Calculus text. ... Read more

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Low rating is for the seller Bordee Enterprise, LLC
I selected a new book and my credit card was charged the 'new' book price.What arrived was a used book.I've contacted the seller to refund the difference.

Great book!
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The "Rule of Five" makes Learning Calculus Virtually Painless
This is a gargantuan book of almost 1300 pages. Yet it lives up to its hype of being a member of the "Calculus Reform Movement" that uses the "rule of five," instead of just the agreed "rule of four; that is to say it presents the substance in five (rather than the agreed four) forms: graphically, numerically, algebraically, verbally and physically.

Since, at least up through the introduction of multiple integrals and on to the more exotic topics of vector calculus, spherical coordinates, line integration, etc., most calculus books can be seen as clones of each other. The differences lie mostly on the margins. That is to say in style, presentation richness of examples, and in the auxiliary resources the book provides in addition to presentation of substance.

In all eight areas this tome of a book excels.

While with rare exceptions the substance itself is the standard fare, the richness of the examples and the stunning graphics brings the subject matter alive in ways that separates in from other textbooks and which were not available when I took this course for the first time back in 1962. For new initiates to the subject, here nothing is left ambiguous or to chance. At every turn there is literally a full menu of tutorial assistance arranged to make ones plunge into calculus clear and pain-free. For instance, there are online crib notes on all topics, given as end of chapter summaries, and thus they are not just reserved for only the difficult chapters or topics, as is normally done. I downloaded these and kept them handy as review notes. They alone are a rich resource.

The online and website resources are a special bonus. There, the internal or more detailed graphics are equally stunning as the ones are in the text. They clear up any lingering doubts about the fine points of the topics introduced in each chapter. In addition, there are the all important "trial examinations," which the reader can try either at his leisure, or at a time when he thinks he is ready, or indeed as part of a "cramming session" just before a "real" exam is scheduled.

On the online resources, one word of warning is in order. The reader must have the latest "font sets" and "plug-ins" for Adobe reader. Otherwise the integration sign will not appear in the text. Other than this, and the huge size of the book, I could find no fault with it. Even for students allergic to math, this should be smooth sailing ahead. Five Stars.

Excellent!
I currently have this text on my desk and i think it is the best calculus text of those that i have used. There is the right blend of examples, exercises and more complex ideas such as proofs and applications. The ease of reading has made it possible for me to work on my own and understand the later chapters that deal with multiple integration, which i found difficult to understand in the Stewart calculus text. I would reccomend this book to anyone with more than a passing interest in mathematics.

Better Than Stewart, Larson or Anton!!
I've been teaching AP Calculus and College Prep Calculus for several years in high school, and can honestly say that this textbook is far superior to the 3 mainstream calc texts on the market today, ie, Stewart, Larson, and perhaps Anton. This book really should be THE mainstream calculus text used by most schools - and yet it isn't. Why? I have no idea! It puts the others to shame.
The exposition is outstanding. It explains concepts and computations in a very thorough, no-nonsense way, and the graphics are great. The authors write in a very direct, effective way, and have done a superlative job relative to all of the other calc texts I've seen (and I've seen just about all of them!)- with lots of very clear and detailed computations worked out for the student. From someone who's been in the calculus teaching field for a while, I can honestly say that you won't come across a better textbook for elementary calculus I, II and III than this book. I will certainly be keeping this textbook in my library. It's a gem.

Great Calc Textbook
This is a great book for both self-study and in-class learning.

As an EE undergrad, this was practically my bible for 2 years.Concepts are explained very well, followed by very clear step-by-step problem-solving examples.Like many textbooks, end-of-chapter problems begin with 10 or so conceptual questions geared towards in-class discussion & understanding, followed by a wide range of problems to work.The variety of problems are very good - they range from very easy and simple to challenging and difficult, ending with "real-world" word problems.While going through my Calc classes, it was very nice to learn and work problems at a comfortable level, skipping the simple ones and avoiding the difficult ones.Now that I'm a little further along in my course work, this book serves as a great review to open up to any chapter and work the more difficult word problems.

While I didn't very much appreciate the chapter(s) on summations and series at the time, they've proven to be an excellent reference three semesters later.Same goes for their explanation of Green's Theorem and a lot of the vector-calculus found near the end.All these topics are explained in great detail, proofs included, and most importantly, in plain english.

Towards the end the text becomes less formal at times.If you're still reading by chapter 10 you probably appreciate Calculus enough to enjoy the authors' writing style and use of interesting real-world applications.You learn quite a bit you don't expect to working problems; how JPEGS compress and have "halos" for example (Fourier Series, chp 8).Their derivation of Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion using Newton's laws (chapter 11) is truly amazing, and they explain it in such a way that anyone with a good grasp of the concepts can understand it.

While much of this may be too much for non math/engineering majors, I've found this book to be invaluable in my studies.I still regularly reference it and read from the chapters not taught in class - a testament to its clarity and ease of use without an instructor.

It has a permanent place on my bookshelf; one of the few books I won't sell - and that's saying a lot coming from a broke undergrad.

Some high points, but some serious flaws
Student reviewer here.This book is very attractive and well-illustrated.It has some helpful material for review and/or catching up for students in introductory Calculus classes in Chapter 0 and it spends significant time illustrating real world scenarios in which the concepts can be applied.

The problems I have with the book are the insufficient number and variety of examples provided, the arbitrary notations often used in lieu of more demonstrative ones that would be easier for beginners to understand, the poor explanation of abstract mathematical concepts and procedures, and the incomplete and at times inaccurate accompanying text, the Student Solutions Manual, which is often nothing more than an answer key for odd numbered problems that can also be found at the end of the text, begging the question: why shell out all that extra dough?

The could improve the book dramatically by getting an editor to look over the text for clarity and adding more explanation, demonstration, and homework problems, and by making the Solutions Manual more demonstrative instead of skipping steps that may not be evident to beginners. ... Read more

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James Stewart's well-received MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS, Second Edition follows in the path of the other best-selling books by this remarkable author. The First Edition of this book was highly successful because it reconciled two schools of thought: it skillfully merged the best of traditional calculus with the best of the reform movement. This new edition continues to offer the balanced approach along with Stewart's hallmark features:meticulous accuracy, patient explanations, and carefully graded problems. The content has been refined and the examples and exercises have been updated. In addition, CALCULUS: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS Second Edition now includes a free CD-ROM for students that contains animations, activities, and homework hints.The book integrates the use of the CD throughout by using icons that show students when to use the CD to deepen their understanding of a difficult concept. In CALCULUS: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS, this well respected author emphasizes conceptual understanding - motivating students with real world applications and stressing the Rule of Four in numerical, visual, algebraic, and verbal interpretations.All concepts are presented in the classic Stewart style:with simplicity, character, and attention to detail.In addition to his clear exposition, Stewart also creates well thought-out problems and exercises.The definitions are precise and the problems create an ideal balance between conceptual understanding and algebraic skills. ... Read more

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Needed for Calculus III
I have not read through this book thoroughly, but it has been good so far.The examples are understandable and there is plenty of practice problems for nailing the major concepts.

Calc 3 text book
I would like to be the first person to state that this book is specifically the last 6 chapters of the book, chapters 8-13. It covers the very end of Calc 2 and all of Calc 3. If you want a book that covers all three courses, or just calc 1 and 2, you must buy the others. The # of pages listed here are only like that becuase the book goes up through 1045. This book starts however at chapter 8 like I said. The Calc 1 and 2 book is this: 0495559725. And the Calc 1, 2 and 3 book which is much more money is 0495557420. Please don't make the mistake and buy the wrong book and blame the seller.

When using this book, I personally only used it for its examples and a portable edition. This book unlike other versions of calculus text books does not have an answer guide that you can buy, you must arrange it through the company website which is a real big pain. When doing Calc 3, you want to do A LOT of extra problems, and it helps to have ALL the answers neatly worked out for you. I would actually suggst that you wait until you get to know your teacher and see if they use this book hardcore in class, and assign problems directly from the text, otherwise, it's a waste of your money, since there are plenty of free calculus resources on the internet.

quite good for a math book
Before reviewing i want to make 1 thing clear: THIS IS A 2 PART BOOK. They had it going for ~300 at the bookstore in my university. I found it on amazon for a much cheaper price and bought it right away. But this version was only the second part, which would be used in the 2nd semester of my math class. Of course the one in the bookstore was both parts combined. So i had to buy the Single Variable version of this as well. Pretty lame that they would split up the book like this, but maybe i just wasnt careful enough. The least they could do is make the cover picture different for each book though, not just a SV and MV difference on the top left.
Anyways, the text itself is great. There are plenty of examples that are throughly shown and explained in beginning of the chapters. I'd say i am average at best in math and i followed how they did most of them with ease. The text quality is great, clear graphics and font.
on another note, as with most textbooks, the questions are generally recycled. My friend had another version, i believe it was stewart calculus 5th edition. A good chunk of the questions were in both books, just numbered differently. So maybe you could buy a cheaper version and just compare questions with a close friend to find them in your book.

Calculus 3
The book was in great condition and arrived earlier than expected. the service was great and would recommened the seller to other buyers.

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Tried to rate Zero stars.I payed for the book with expedited delivery.It's over a month and I still haven't received it.No responses from seller whatsoever.I filed a complaint and am currently awaiting my refund. ... Read more

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