Calculus - Softcover

Strang, Gilbert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0980232759 ISBN 13: 9780980232752

Publisher: Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 2019

Synopsis

Gilbert Strang's clear, direct style and detailed, intensive explanations make this textbook ideal as both a course companion and for self-study. Single variable and multivariable calculus are covered in depth. Key examples of the application of calculus to areas such as physics, engineering and economics are included in order to enhance students' understanding. The book also includes a chapter on the 'Highlights of Calculus', which accompanies the popular video lectures by the author on MIT's OpenCourseWare. (These can be accessed from math.mit.edu/~gs).

About this title

Book Description:

Gilbert Strang's highly regarded calculus textbook is ideal both as a course companion and for self-study. Examples of the application of calculus to subjects such as physics, engineering and economics are included, as well as many practice questions and illustrative diagrams to assist the reader's grasp of the material.

About the Author:

Gilbert Strang is a Professor of Mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, of the University of Oxford. His current research interests include linear algebra, wavelets and filter banks, applied mathematics, and engineering mathematics. He is the author or co-author of eight textbooks. Professor Strang served as SIAM s president from 1999-2000, chaired the US National Committee on Mathematics from 2003-2004, and won the Neumann Medal of the US Association of Computational Mechanics in 2005 and the Henrici Prize in 2007. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wellesley-Cambridge Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0980232759
• ISBN 13: 9780980232752
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 500