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Bridging the Gap to University Mathematics

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This book delivers exactly what it promises. It is a very clear explanation of the mathematics that will used again and again at University in the first year. It assumes only a good understanding of High School mathematics.

It does not lead you much into the more rigorous approach to proof used at University, but makes sure you know the mathematics needed as tools in applications. As such, the book would be at least as valuable (if not more so) to a prospective physicist, chemist, economist or engineer as mathematician. There are many exercises and I have checked many of the given solutions at the back for accuracy. The topics are very well explained and can be used stand-alone for self-study. The book is also written in a lively fashion, as entertainingly as endless definition-theorem-proof in a standard mathematics textbook is not! There is also a good set of references to explore topics further.

If every student about to enter University for a quantitative degree carefully studied this book over the summer, he/she would be very well prepared.

I know nothing about the authors (other than I believe they come from the U.K.) but, congratulations for a job well done!