Calculus: One and Several Variables, Ninth Edition [Hardcover]

Saturnino L. Salas (Author), Einar Hille (Author), Garret J. Etgen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 24, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0471231207 | ISBN-13: 978-0471231202 | Edition: 9

Wiley is proud to publish a new revision of this successful classic text known for its elegant writing style, precision and perfect balance of theory and applications. This Ninth Edition is refined to offer students an even clearer understanding of calculus and insight into mathematics. It includes a wealth of rich problem sets which give relevance to calculus for students. Salas/Hille/Etgen is recognized for its mathematical integrity, accuracy, and clarity.

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Instructor's Manual, Student Solutions Manual, Computerized Test Bank and Test Bank available. -- The publisher, John Wiley & Sons --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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This edition of the highly successful textbook contains an even wider variety of authentic applications to motivate the study of mathematical topics. The number of medium-level and challenging problems has been greatly increased to develop problem-solving skills. Features an expanded use of technology and a greater emphasis on visualization. New to this version: 130+ figures, an introductory section which covers basic terminology and concepts of differential equations, a chapter on conic sections, polar coordinates and parametric equations. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1280 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 9 edition (December 24, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471231207
• ISBN-13: 978-0471231202
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.8 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #468,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for learning, March 23, 2005

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C. Waldorf (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calculus: One and Several Variables, Ninth Edition (Hardcover)

This is a superb textbook and it's easy to see why the book is in its ninth edition. What I really enjoyed (yes, I know this may sound a little incongruous in relation to calculus) was the step-by-step build-up of knowledge with good, clear examples. Also, for the problems at the end of each section, all the odd problems have solutions, so one can get some practice (something that is unfortunately rare for many textbooks).

Before going through this book, I had minimal exposure to calculus and what I had seen wasn't very favorable. This book was a key reason why I now really enjoy the subject and feel very comfortable in this area.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Start with it but don't end with it!, June 30, 2000

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Mohammad - See all my reviews

This review is from: Salas and Hille's Calculus: One and Several Variables - eighth edition (Hardcover)

I used this book in my first engineering calculus course. The professor was incredibly theoretical and did not teach from the book which made matters somewhat difficult. However, he was showing us the meaning of math which I found refreshing. This book serves its purpose as one which teaches the mechanics of solving problems but very little in developing an intuitive feeling for mathematics. I must admit that the multitude of exercises were very helpful in getting comfortable with difficult mechanical problems. For single variable calculus it is a standard book with good examples, excellent diagrams, and some applications. Getting into multivariables, the ideas are not connected well and seem segragated from the rest of material. I guess as a brief overview, it makes its point but should not be used as a text for multivariable calculus.

If you are interested in theory I recommend Apostol's Calculus which covers a great range of material with rigorous foundation. As far as exercises go, Michael Spivak's Calculus is quite challenging and will keep you occupied for months.

All-in-all, a great book for brush up and single variable material but not to be used for higher dimensional analysis.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not for the mediocre, February 5, 2004

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This review is from: Calculus: One and Several Variables, Ninth Edition (Hardcover)

This book is a stunning rebuke to all attempts to dumb down the math curriculum in high schools and colleges. This book, in my opinion, expects the student to have mastered precalculus at the level set forth in, say, David Cohen's Precalculus with unit-circle trigonometry (ISBN 0-534-35275-8). It introduces mathematical rigor in the Calculus 101 semester (of a three semester calculus program) and thereby begins preparing the math major for the hard analysis courses that comes later on. There are no cute stories featuring 'How I Use Math In The Workplace' to inspire you - your self esteem will be hard won as you master the concepts as presented here (especially the problems). The book's greatest strength is that it is basic and traditional in its approach to calculus - no problem or example requires obscure special tricks from mathematical journals or Isaac Newton level ingenuity. This book is a must get!