MATH 252: CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY III FALL SEMESTER, 2008; SYLLABUS DATE: 08/26/08 COURSE … DSPS students should give me test proctoring forms at least one week before they …

TEXTS (SEE MY WEB SITE) • Calculus: The Classic Edition (5th ed.) by Swokowski; Publisher: Brooks/Cole. This has been the standard Math 150-151-252 calculus textbook at Mesa College. Math 252 essentially covers Chapters 14-18. ON RESERVE AT THE LIBRARY. Optional but highly recommended (the bookstore has the first two; www.amazon.com has the others): • The accompanying Student’s Solutions Manual, Volume 2 (covers Chapters 11-19) by Cole and Rockswold. (Volume 1 covers Chapters 1-11.) • How to Ace the Rest of Calculus: The Streetwise Guide by Colin Adams, Joel Hass, and Abigail Thompson. Publisher: Freeman, 2001. This is a cheap, highly readable, fun, informal supplement. Its Math 150 prequel is How to Ace Calculus….. These paperbacks are much cheaper than textbooks, and they have many worked-out problems. “Differential Equations,” “Discrete Mathematics,” and “Linear Algebra” books are also available for your later math classes. • Schaum’s Outline of Calculus by Mendelson and Ayres; may have errors; omits Vector Calculus; Publisher: McGraw-Hill. May help: Advanced Calculus, Vector Analysis. • 3,000 Solved Problems in Calculus (Schaum’s Solved Problems Series) by Mendelson; Publisher: McGraw-Hill. Also available: Linear Algebra. • REA’s Problem Solvers: Calculus, or The Calculus Problem Solver by Weisbecker; Publisher: Research & Education Assn. May help: Advanced Calculus. Vector Analysis may not be so good.

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