I did not really know what I wanted to do, but I remembered having a passing interest in maths (this is in my late 20's). That being said, his DE chapter is very well done, but it starts to waver a little bit when we get to Variation of Parameters and Series Solutions of ODE's. The book is wonderful in terms of material and mathematical knowledge that it gives and techniques that it teaches. If you are not certain this is the correct access code for your course, please contact your instructor. Stewart’s books include a series of high school textbooks as well as a best-selling series of calculus textbooks.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. While I didn't feel the need for examples and problems in all but a few areas, I appreciated the quality of available exercises in passing. 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.Has anyone else had the same issue and actually been fine with only using online sources and practise problems? In writing any mathematics textbook, you have to be aware of two people looking over your shoulders – the professor and the student. I am happy to report that the 8th Edition seems to be rather different from the 2nd edition that I remember working in.

The truly missed opportunity at the end of Multivariable Calculus is that the student is equipped to study some of the lower level Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) that are out there. View image in fullscreen With apologies to Plato, but how about a plaque that says ‘Let no one untrained in calculus enter here’?He is also co-author, with Lothar Redlin and Saleem Watson, of a series of college algebra and precalculus textbooks.

This text embodies the broad principles of calculus reform - conceptual understanding motivated by real-world applications and the application of the rule of four in numerical, visual, algebraic and verbal interpretations. This version of Stewart's book introduced exponential and logarithmic functions in the first chapter and their limits and derivatives are found in Chapters 2 and 3. The Canadian mathematician made a multimillion-dollar fortune by writing calculus textbooks for universities and high schools.Stewart most recently served as a professor of mathematics at McMaster University and the University of Toronto. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. There are portions of this book I would make harder and a few choice pieces I would add to the content, but overall it is good preparation. The text is masterfully written and I would say it is a solid text for self study, up to a certain point.

James Stewart's CALCULUS texts are world-wide best-sellers for a reason: they are clear, accurate, and filled with relevant, real-world examples.This is true in all dimensions, hence the several variables version is that if the linear derivative, as a function of several variables, or the matrix of partials, is invertible at a, then so is the original function near a.