Calculus websites

[timosyy]

Just wondering if anyone had any calculus help websites they recommended. My professor is hard as heck to understand- a combination of accent, lack of mic, and using an overhead machine which forces him to break equations into 4-5 lines, and the calculus book itself can be almost ridiculously vague at times.

For the record yes, I know Google exists, but are there any particular sites people actually recommend? When I'm stuck I often end up just typing in the general topic into Google and then sifting through the results. Would be nice to just have a central site I could look through to get clear explanations and such.

Thanks in advance, I'll check back once I finish doing a couple more problems 😉.

 

[SaturnX]

What are you covering? Calculus is HUGE topic, so it'd help to know what exactly you're studying at the moment.

--Mark

 

[timosyy]

Good point. Its not too advanced, yet... still dealing with integrals. My homework right now is on improper integrals, and then we go into infinite series.

 

[Linflas]

Did you try this one?

 

[Aves]

http://www.calculus.org/
http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/ProblemsList.html


Also, I recommend the "How to Ace Calculus" books.

 

[timosyy]

I have the first "How to Ace Calculus" book, but it seems i'm in the part of calculus directly after that (it contains all the stuff I just did last semester). Hm. I can probably order the second off amazon?

Edit: karlscalculus.org stops right before improper integrals 🙁

 

[jonessoda]

For a good calculus textbook, I recommend the one with the brown cover with the violin-shaped thing... I don't know the authors or publishing company, though.

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: jonessoda
For a good calculus textbook, I recommend the one with the brown cover with the violin-shaped thing... I don't know the authors or publishing company, though.

Stewart Calculus

 

[hypn0tik]

Originally posted by: jonessoda
For a good calculus textbook, I recommend the one with the brown cover with the violin-shaped thing... I don't know the authors or publishing company, though.

This one?

If so, excellent book.

Edit: Too slow

 

[timosyy]

Originally posted by: Aves

Originally posted by: jonessoda
For a good calculus textbook, I recommend the one with the brown cover with the violin-shaped thing... I don't know the authors or publishing company, though.

Stewart Calculus

Whoah, digging through that site now. It seems to have a lot of potential.

Edit: Buying the book outright would be expensive as heck though, wonder if there are any at the school libraries.

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: timosyy
Edit: Buying the book outright would be expensive as heck though, wonder if there are any at the school libraries.

You might be able to find the previous edition in a library. Also, check Half.com.

 

[jonessoda]

Yeah, that's it. I must have an older edition. Currently using the 'Early Transcendentals,' but then we're just beginning integrals.

Hah, one of the assignments we had to do, when we were on Riemann sums, had a few problems that could far more easily be solved by integral. So, since I'm a little ahead (and my older brother is a math major and taught me a lot along the way), I just did the integrals. When my professor handed it back, she said, "don't be a smartass" and gave me a zero on that assignment.