Gilbert Strang
Published by Wellesley-Cambridge Press
Distributed by SIAM
The textbook is a well-organized treatise on Calculus. The author intuitively provides detailed and intensive explanations fulfilling beginner’s needs. The book is both useful as a reference and a self-taught manual of Calculus.
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, UK. His current research interests include linear algebra, wavelets and filter banks, applied mathematics, and engineering mathematics. He is the author or co-author of six textbooks and has published a monograph with George Fix titled “An Analysis of the Finite Element Method.” 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. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Calculus
Chapter 2: Derivatives
Chapter 3: Applications of the Derivative
Chapter 4: The Chain Rule
Chapter 5: Integrals
Chapter 6: Exponentials and Logarithms
Chapter 7: Techniques of Integration
Chapter 8: Applications of the Integral
Chapter 9: Polar Coordinates and Complex Numbers
Chapter 10: Infinite Series
Chapter 11: Vectors and Matrices
Chapter 12: Motion along a Curve
Chapter 13: Partial Derivatives
Chapter 14: Multiple Integrals
Chapter 15: Vector Calculus
Chapter 16: Mathematics after Calculus
1991 / xv + 615 pages / Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9780961408824 / ISBN-10: 0961408820
List price: $80.00 / SIAM Member Price $56.00 / Order Code WC03
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