Ron Larson (1)Besprekingen

My undergraduate Lin algebra text

Uses applications in science and engineering to demonstrate the concepts learned. The text has little biographies of people that did mathematical things strewn throughout and multiple worked examples. The book uses lots of computer-generated graphics and other things. I would say it is an excellent reference as well since it has tables of derivatives and integrals in the book along with answers to odd-numbered exercises.

This particular text covers topics ranging from beginning limits to vector calculus. So it obviously builds on what was learned. Just in case you never had it, it also covers some Precalculus in the very beginning of the book. The text also contains little projects that people can do to demonstrate the ideas taught.

I got this book for College so I can't remember the last time I cracked it open. In any case, I guess it is good that I didn't get rid of it. The only real problem is that the book seems to be a bit 'busy' if you will forgive the expression. With all of the little images and biographies and pictures it sometimes gets distracting.

This book has some scratches on the front and back cover. There is a " T " written on the outside pages and also a " 7 ". On the inside front cover it has a " 7 " and has 4 students' names written down with the dates.

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This is a solid and fairly clear introduction to the use of statistical methods. The clarity of it depends on how much you enjoy mathematics, but there really isn't much in the way of advanced math to be found. Some of the formulae look complex, but are simple 'plug and chug' tabular methods that a decent graphing calculator does internally without bothering you, the user. I should also note that the formulae are more or less just pulled out of a hat, I have an older textbook that delves deep into the mechanics of how the formulae are derived and that is where the more advanced math of Statistics truly is. Still a very clear basic college textbook.

You pretty much can't go wrong with any of the Larson, Hostetler and Edwards Calculus books. I took calculus for the first time in 2000, and I still use this book as a reference to this day.

This is a good text on statistics. Perhaps a bit on the wordy side, and with lots of pictures and "features" and side notes, but none of them take away from the text. A very good feature is that there are lots of straight-forward problems describing the statistical ideas, and many of them have the solutions either there in the chapter or in the appendix. Overall, a very good book on statistics, from standard deviation and variance, to t-tests and F-distributions and hypothesis testing, and even a little ANOVA.

Este libro de Larson cumple 35 años de ser un clásico. Por lo que a lo largo de los años el objetivo de los autores ha sido siempre escribir con precisión y de manera legible conceptos fundamentales de cálculo, claramente definidos y demostrados. Ofrece características y materiales que desarrollen las habilidades de todos los tipos de estudiantes y en cuanto a los profesores, proporciona un instrumento de enseñanza amplio que emplea técnicas pedagógicas probadas, y se da libertad para que usen en forma más eficiente el tiempo en el salón de clase.

In my opinion, the best Calculus text of the last few decades. Extremely intuitive and clear-cut, with excellent, logical examples. Excellent for either education or reference. I have the multi-variate edition, covering everything from basic definitions through vector algebra, and wished my successive textbooks were this helpful.

It's funny: My wife uses this book more than I do. Of course, she uses it as a heavy object for keeping papers flat...

This book is a general overview of Calculus (you know, that class you dreaded taking in college, and probably forgot everything you ever learned from it, anyway, as you never encountered enough real-world problems to leverage what you learned there; I mean, seriously! How many salt tanks have you had to calculate equilibrium for? Realistically?).

If you have one of the few jobs in the world that actually require Calculus skills (i.e.: calculus professor, rocket scientist, new age priest, and camel jockey), then you'll probably enjoy a book like this to keep your calculus skills sharp. Also, if you're one of those weird people (like me) who likes to read whatever he can get his hands on, even if it's a shipping registry or bottle of toothpaste, then this book may also be good for you.

Otherwise, you'll probably get lost among all those transcendental functions.

I have the third edition, a good textbook used in my high school Calculus course. At the time I hated the book. I can't imagine why. It has clear exposition, tons of solved examples, and occasionally presents proofs of theorems but isn't anal-retentive about it. A solution manual for additional problems came with it.
There's also an alternate 3rd edition with slightly different topic coverage.½

Just the Calculus AB/BC book we use at CP.