Schaum's Outline of Calculus (Fourth Edition) [Paperback]

Elliott Mendelson (Author), Frank Ayres (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0070419736 | ISBN-13: 978-0070419735 | Publication Date: June 28, 1999 | Edition: 4

Students can gain a thorough understanding of differential and integral calculus with this powerful study tool. They'll also find the related analytic geometry much easier. The clear review of algebra and geometry in this edition will make calculus easier for students who wish to strengthen their knowledge in these areas. Updated to meet the emphasis in current courses, this new edition of a popular guide­­--more than 104,000 copies were bought of the prior edition--­­includes problems and examples using graphing calculators.

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Students can gain a thorough understanding of differential and integral calculus with this powerful study tool. They'll also find the related analytic geometry much easier. The clear review of algebra and geometry in this edition will make calculus easier for students who wish to strengthen their knowledge in these areas. Updated to meet the emphasis in current courses, this new edition of a popular guide­­more than104,000 copies were bought of the prior edition!­­includes problems and examples using graphing calculators.

Master calculus with Schaum's­­the high-performance study guide. It will help you cut study time, hone problem-solving skills, and achieve your personal best on exams! Students love Schaum's Outlines because they produce results. Each year, hundreds of thousands of students improve their test scores and final grades with these indispensable study guides. Get the edge on your classmates. Use Schaum's!

If you don't have a lot of time but want to excel in class, this book helps you: brush up before tests; find answers fast; study quickly and more effectivley; get the big picture without spending hours poring over lengthy textbooks. Schaum's Outlines give you the information your teachers expect you to know in a handy and succinct format­­without overwhelming you with unnecessary details. You get a complete overview of the subject. Plus, you get plenty of practice exercises to test your skill.

Compatible with any classroom text, Schaum's let you study at your own pace and remind you of all the important facts you need to remember­­fast! And Schaum's are so complete. Inside, you will find:

• 1103 problems, with step-by-step solutions
• New graphing calculator help, with practical problems
• Math review sections to help the under prepared
• Complete explanations of calculus concepts

If you want top grades and thorough understanding of calculus, this powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have!

About the Author

Frank Ayers, Ph.D., (deceased) was a professor and head of the department of mathematics at Dickinson College. Elliott Mendelson, Ph.D., (Roslyn, NY) is a professor of mathematics at Queens College.

Product Details

• Paperback: 578 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 4 edition (June 28, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070419736
• ISBN-13: 978-0070419735
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #409,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent companion to Calculus, July 14, 2003

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Sweetcheeks McMuffin (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Calculus (Fourth Edition) (Paperback)

I found this book to be a very good supplement to anyone taking a calculus course. The main highlights (and some, but few) lowlights are as follows:

The Good:
1. LOTS and LOTS of topics covered ranging from limit concepts to l'Hopital's rule to integral tests to multiple integrals, this book covers A LOT (and even a brief intro to differential equations.)

2. Enough practice problems to ensure that the reader will comprehend the material (as is the case with most Schaum Outline books).

3. Lots of graphs for visual learners.

4. A fraction of the price of most calculus books.

The Bad:
1. The only bad thing I could possibly think of in this book is that it explains vector concepts and differentiation and integration of vector functions and gradient, divergence, and curl, but leaves out Green's and Stokes' theorems (must be covered in the vector analysis Schaum book).

For more detail, check out the list of chapter topics on the back cover of the book (it's a pretty thick paragraph)

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Schaum's Calculus, August 3, 2003

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Joseph S. Maresca "Dr. Joseph S. Maresca CPA,... (Bronxville, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Calculus (Fourth Edition) (Paperback)

I've worked with several versions of the Schaum's Calculus
over the years. This work has excellent coverage of derivatives,
integrals, curvilinear motion, polar coordinates, indeterminate
forms, indefinite integrals, centroids, arc length, tests for
divergence/convergence, partial derivatives, volumes, triple
integrals and a host of exotic areas. There are many multi-
dimensional diagrams to aid in your understanding of this
fairly complex subject. I did well in Intermediate Calculus

garnering an "A". In addition, the Fundamentals of Engineering
Licensure Exam covered quite a bit of basic and intermediate
calculus. This is an excellent supplementary work to complement
the course textbook and class notes.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Supplement, May 26, 2006

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This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Calculus (Fourth Edition) (Paperback)

This outline will work best for those looking for a concise supplement to their course text. The strength of this outline is in the solved problems. The weakness is in the explanation of concepts. As advertised, the book contains over 1100 fully worked problems. These problems are indeed fully worked and looking over them can be of tremendous value if you are struggling with solving particular problems in your class. If you are having a tough time with the concepts rather than the problems of calculus I would not recommend this book. The explanations are kept to a bare minimum and tough topics like delta-epsilon proofs and Reimann Integrals are not explained in detail. For instance, this book will not try to justify why you can set delta equal to epsilon to complete your limit proof, it just tells you to do it (which is exactly what you need to do to solve the problem). In other words, this book will help you solve the problems you need to solve in order to pass your exams, but it will not necessarily help you understand why those solutions work. So please do not buy this thinking it will have fuller conceptual explanations. Its strength is in its fully solved problems.