Textbook list
Information on textbooks for all Undergraduate Mathematics courses at the New Brunswick and Piscataway campuses of Rutgers are collected here. This information refers to courses offered in the Fall 2000 semester. When available, a link to a suitable page on the publisher's web site has been included. Information about particular books can be found in a few steps from this link. In a few cases, there is a fixed page devoted to the particular text which is indicated by a link marked (text). The title, author or ISBN number can also be used to find information from on-line bookstores such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, or The Mathematics Online Bookshelf (MOB) (in alphabetic order).
- 001: Jeffrey Slater & John Tobey; Basic College Mathematics (third edition); Prentice-Hall, 1998 (608 pp.); (ISBN# 0-13-743634-3)
- 023: Same textbooks as 001 and 025.
- 025: Arthur Goodman & Lewis Hirsch; Understanding Elementary Algebra with Geometry: A Course for College Students (fourth edition); Brooks/Cole, 1998 (635 pp.); (ISBN# 0-534-35316-9)
- 026: Arthur Goodman & Lewis Hirsch; Understanding Intermediate Algebra: A Course for College Students (fourth edition); Brooks/Cole, 1998 (735 pp.); (ISBN# 0-534-35338-X)
- 027: Same textbook as 025.
- 103 (standard sections 01 - 09): Peter Tannenbaum & Robert Arnold; Excursions in Modern Mathematics (third edition); Prentice-Hall, 1998 (588 pp.); (ISBN# 0-13-598335-5)
- 103:H1: Albrecht Beutelspacher; Cryptology; The Mathematical Association of America, 1994 (176 pp., Paperbound); (ISBN# 0-88385-504-6)
- 111: Same textbook and other material as 115.
- 112: Same textbook and other material as 115.
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115: In addition to the textbook, an optional Student
Solutions Manual is available. Students are also expected to have
a graphing calculator, which should be comparable to our
recommendation.
- Text: James Stewart, Lothar Redlin & Saleem Watson; Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus (third edition); Brooks/Cole, 1998 (777 pp.); (ISBN# 0-534-34504-2)
- Solutions: Manual for Stewart/Redlin/Watson's Precalculus; (ISBN# 0-534-34506-9)
- Calculator: Texas Instruments TI-82, TI-83 or equivalent. Any calculator with comparable features is acceptable.
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135: A bundle consisting of a customized version of the
textbook and the supplement has been prepared by Thomson Corporation.
- Text: Soo T. Tan; Applied Calculus; Brooks/Cole,
- Supplement: Bill Ralph; Journey Through Calculus Software; Brooks/Cole,
- Calculator: Same as for 115.
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136: In addition to the textbook, an optional Student
Solutions Manual is available. Students are also expected to have
a graphing calculator.
- Text: Ron Larson, Robert P. Hostetler & Bruce H. Edwards ; Calculus of a Single Variable (second edition); Houghton Mifflin Co. (text) 1999 (698 pp.); (ISBN# 0-395-93321-8)
- Solutions Manual for Larson/Hostetler/Edwards's Calculus (ISBN# 0-395-93323-4)
- Calculator: Same as for 115.
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151: The required textbook may be supplemented by an optional
Study guide or Student's solution manual. Also, students
are expected to have a graphing calculator.
- Text: James Stewart; Calculus, Early Transcendentals (fourth edition); Brooks/Cole, 1999 (1120 pp.); (ISBN# 0-534-36298-2)
- Study Guide for Stewart's Calculus (ISBN# 0-534-36820-4)
- Solutions Manual for Stewart's Calculus (ISBN# 0-534-36301-6)
- Calculator: Same as for 115.
- 152: Same textbook and other material as 151.
- 153: Same textbook and other material as 151.
- 192: Same textbook and other material as 151.
- 244: The required textbook may be supplemented by an optional Student's solution manual.
- 250 (all): Gilbert Strang; Introduction to Linear Algebra (second edition); Wellesley-Cambridge Press 1998; (ISBN# 0-9614088-5-5)
- 251: Same text as 151. A solution manual and a study guide for this material is also available.
- 252: Paul Blanchard, Robert L. Devaney & Glen Hall; Differential Equations (first edition); Brooks/Cole, 1998 (736 pp.); (ISBN# 0-534-34550-6)
- 291: Same textbook as 251.
- 300: Edward R.Scheinerman ; Mathematics: A Discrete Introduction (first edition); Brooks/Cole, 2000 (450 pp.); (ISBN# 0-534-35638-9)
- 311: Robert G. Bartle & Donald R. Sherbert; Introduction to Real Analysis (third edition); Wiley (text), 2000; (ISBN# 0-471-32148-6)
- 321: Gilbert Strang; Introduction to Applied Mathematics ; Wellesley-Cambridge Press 1996; (ISBN# 0-9614088-0-4)
- 350: C. W. Curtis; Linear Algebra: An Introductory Approach (fourth edition, sixth printing); Springer-Verlag, 1993 (337 pp.); (ISBN# 0-387-90992-3)
- 351: Thomas W. Hungerford; Abstract Algebra: An Introduction (second edition); Harcourt College Publishers, 1997; (ISBN# 0-03-010559-5)
- 356: Kenneth H. Rosen; Elementary Number Theory and Its Applications (fourth edition); Addison Wesley, 2000 (544 pp.); (ISBN# 0-201-87073-8)
- 373: Richard L. Burden & J. Douglas Faires; Numerical Analysis (sixth edition); Brooks/Cole, 1997 (776 pp.); (ISBN# 0-534-95532-0)
- 411: Walter Rudin; Principles of Mathematical Analysis (third edition); McGraw-Hill, 1976 (325 pp.); (ISBN# 0-07-054235-X)
- 421: Erwin Kreyszig; Advanced Engineering Mathematics (eighth edition); Wiley (text), 1999; (ISBN# 0-471-15496-2)
- 423: Walter A. Strauss; Partial Differential Equations (third edition); Wiley (text), 1992 (440 pp.); (ISBN# 0-471-54868-5)
- 424: Sheldon M. Ross; Introduction to Probability Models (seventh edition); Harcourt/Academic Press (text), 2000 (650 pp.); (ISBN# 0-12-598475-8)
- 428: Gary Chartrand & Ortrud Oellermann; Applied and Algorithmic Graph Theory; McGraw-Hill, 1993 (432 pp.); (ISBN# 0-07-557101-3)
- 432: Manfredo DoCarmo; Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces (first edition); Prentice-Hall, 1976 (503 pp.); (ISBN# 0-13-212589-7)
- 435: David A. Brannan, Matthew F. Esplen & Jeremy J. Gray; Geometry (first edition); Cambridge University Press, 1999 (510 pp.); (ISBN# 0-521-59787-0)
- 451: Michael Artin; Algebra (first edition); Prentice-Hall, 1991, (672 pp.); (ISBN# 0-13-004763-5)
- 453: Vasek Chvatal; Linear Programming; W. H. Freeman Company, 1983 (478 pp.); (ISBN# 0-7167-1587-2)
- 454: Fred S. Roberts; Applied Combinatorics (first edition); Prentice-Hall, 1984 (640 pp.); (ISBN# 0-13-039313-4)
- 477: Sheldon M. Ross; A First Course in Probability (fifth edition); Prentice-Hall, 1998 (472 pp., Cloth Bound with Disk); (ISBN# 0-13-746314-6)
- 481: Irwin Miller, Marylees Miller & John E. Freund; John E. Freund's Mathematical Statistics (sixth edition); Prentice-Hall, 1999 (624 pp.); (ISBN# 0-13-123613-X)
Comments on this page should be sent to: bumby@math.rutgers.edu Last updated August 25, 2000.