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Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Differential Forms: A Unified Approach

ISBN 9780971576650

$84, hardcover, 818 pages, smythe-sewn binding, 8 x 10 inches  

Sept. 2009

4th edition

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Table of contents (html)

Table of contents  

Partial preface (html)

Preface (pdf)

Chapter 0 (Preliminaries): first 4 pages

Chapter 0: pages 22-23 (infinite sets)

Chapter 1 (Vectors, matrices, and derivatives): first 4 pages

Chapter 1: pages 148-149 (criteria for differentiability)

Review exercises for chapter 1

Chapter 2 (Solving equations):  first 4 pages

Chapter 2: pages 222-223 (eigenvectors and eigenvalues)

Chapter 2: pages 244-245 (Kantorovich's theorem)

Review exercises for chapter 2
Review exercises for chapter 2 (last page)

Chapter 3 (Manifolds, Taylor polynomials, quadratic forms, and curvature): first 4 pages

Chapter 3: pages 351-352 (constrained critical points)

Review exercises for chapter 3

Chapter 4 (Integration): first 4 pages

Chapter 4: pages 497-498 (Lebesgue integration)

Review exercises for chapter 4

Chapter 5 (Volumes of manifolds): first 4 pages

Chapter 5, pages 544-545 (Gauss's remarkable theorem)

Review exercises for chapter 5

Chapter 6 (Forms and vector calculus): first 4 pages

Chapter 6: pages 635-636  (the generalized Stokes's theorem)

Chapter 6: pages 675-676  (Poincaré's lemma)

Review exercises for chapter 6

Appendix: pages 683-686 (Arithmetic of real numbers)



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"Depth, clarity and ambition" - MAA Review of 3rd edition

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"A real gem" - review of the second edition in the MAA Monthly

"Superb on all counts" - review of the first edition in CHOICE