Calculus with Analytic Geometry: Early Transcendentals Version

by Charles Henry Edwards

Book Overview

Suitable for standard undergraduate Calculus courses, this book offers ideas on calculator/computer technology. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0133005755
• ISBN13: 9780133005752
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 960 Pages
• Weight: 4.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

not so bad, IMO

I didn't think this book was so bad. There are enough examples & lots & lots of problems ranging from simple computations to actual proofs (like that e is irrational, for example). The explanation is fairly clear also. Off the top of my head, topics for 1st year in this book include functions, continuity, limits, derivatives, applications of the derivative (lots of word problems), Riemann integration, applications of integration (like separable ODEs, volumes), techniques of integration (partial fractions, parts, trig substitution, etc). The stuff I did in 2nd year was vectors, differential geometry, partial derivatives, spherical & cylindrical coordinates, applications of partial derivatives & multiple integrals, line & surface integrals.I didn't think this book was as bad as the other reviewers. If this one isn't good enough though, there's certainly no shortage of other calculus texts to choose from.

A Former Penney Student's Perspective

If you are expecting to learn calculus on your own, this is probably not the book for you. However, if used by a competent lecturer, this is a very good textbook to learn the basics of calculus from. The problems assigned to each section are EXCELLENT for driving home the concepts presented.