Applied Calculus: Brief - Hardcover

Berresford, Geoffrey C.; Rockett, Andrew Mansfield

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618386637 ISBN 13: 9780618386635

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div, 2003

Synopsis

This brief edition of Applied Calculus comprises Chapters 1–7 of the complete text plus two sections on differential equations. For full description, see catalog entry for Berresford/Rockett, Applied Calculus, 3/e.

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About the Author

Geoff Berresford received his Ph.D. from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University in 1975. He has taught at the State University of New York at Purchase and for many years has been at the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University. Besides the four textbooks with Andy Rockett, he has published papers in differential equations, linear programming, logic, and probability (his favorite area), including curriculum materials for COMAP (Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications).

While Andy Rockett completed his Ph.D. thesis at SUNY Stony Brook, he taught as an adjunct at nearby Suffolk County Community College. After receiving his degree in 1977, he joined the mathematics faculty at C.W. Post and began his collaborations with Geoff Berresford. His book with Peter Szusz on "Continued Fractions" (1992) was hailed by Ivan Niven as "an outstanding addition to the literature of mathematics," and he served the Kappa Mu Epsilon mathematics honor society as editor of the mathematics journal "The Pentagon" from 1989 to 1995.

Review

We have chosen this edition of the book after previously using the earlier edition. The strengths of this book include: reading level, number of examples, varied exercises, good applications overall, use of technology, use of symbols, and terminology consistent with the goals of our course. Faculty Member, Johnson County Community College.

The coverage is better (clearer, succinct, to the point) than in our current text. The quality of the applications is excellent. I also really like the way the author treats the material in the highlighted (yellow) text boxes. Other texts use mathematical symbols and explanations the average student cannot follow. This text states topics like the product rule, the quotient rule, and the chain rule in an understandable way.Faculty Member, Kennesaw State University.

There are plenty of students who do not possess required algebra skills. I like the effort made in this book. Faculty Member, Northern Illinois University.

The level of the text, examples, and exercises make it an outstanding text. The visuals are A+, better than ours. Faculty Member, Polk Community College.

There is a limited amount of prose, which is good since the students do not read it. I like the authors' "be careful" admonitions, section summary, [and] careful derivations at the end of the sections. Clear explanations, rigor, well thought out examples, and good variety of exercises. Faculty Member, University of North Carolina.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0618386637
• ISBN 13: 9780618386635
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 632