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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 02:10:43 No.7613745 View Reply Report Delete

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I've just finished a precalc course and I want to get into single variable calc so I bought the book in the picture. (Calculus: Early Transcendentals: Zill and Wright)
Is it a good book for beiginers or just a meme book?

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 02:19:29 No.7613765 Report Delete

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>McGraw Hill for anything after Algebra
nigga you dun goofed

How rigorous do you want the book to be?

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 02:29:06 No.7613778 Report Delete

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Try sylvanus thompson: calculus made easy
or the more rigorous and extensive james stewart calculus 7e both books are free on the internet as a pdf

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 02:31:59 No.7613782 Report Delete

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james stewart 6e or 7e never steered me wrong

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 02:54:34 No.7613825 Report Delete

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Most intro calc books should be standardized enough that they aren't that bad - early transcendental exists because the engineering department wants this covered in X semester before Y. Stewart is a common choice in the US, I don't think it's better than the rest. I don't have experience with Dennis Zill personally so I can't say for sure. My university switched to Rogawski from Stewart for the harder problem sets, although the entire textbook is literally his thin lecture notes. The common recommendation on /sci/ for an intro calc book is Keiseler.

http://1drv.ms/1HsCSP9

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 03:10:39 No.7613846 Report Delete

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There are essentially two types of calc books, those that emphasize theory (why something is true and what that means, conceptual problems, proof) and those that emphasize computation (plugging and chugging, stronger focus on more trivial/isolated/"real-world" applications.)

Theory books (spivak, apostol, courant) are considered harder than cookbook texts (stewart, OP pic,) but are closer to what math is all about. They're probably more fulfilling if you're learning because you're interested, rather than because your degree requires it.

Spivak's the clear first choice for theory, cookcook calculus texts are all basically the same so choice doesn't matter all that much.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 05:07:48 No.7613973 Report Delete

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>>7613846
I'm learning because I find it interesting, I'm not even going to university
I'll try to get Spivak's book, thnx annon

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 05:22:51 No.7613995 Report Delete

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>>7613846
The theory based calc books are usually called Analysis books.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 10:34:15 No.7614324 Report Delete

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>>7613995
It's a matter of semantics more than anything else really. I make the distinction based on how abstractly/rigorously the book treats metric spaces and continuity. A lot of departments have different conventions.

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