"Calculus: a Reader" is a textbook for a standard two-semester college calculus course. It is designed to be the first point of contact, rather than as a reference to be used after lectures; it is thus best suited to a "flipped" class model. It is currently quite incomplete; contributions of text or problems are very welcome!
The latest version is available to download in PDF.
First and foremost, this book is designed to be read. That is, it is not meant to be a reference for students doing homework after listening to a lecture. The class structure that I have in mind is something like this:
- Students read a section of the textbook and try some exercises before class.
- Students come to class, perhaps hear a short presentation ("mini-lecture") by the instructor addressing some pitfalls and showing examples, and then work on exercises with peers.
- Students bring this knowledge to bear on another set of "post-class" exercises to test their mastery and push them towards new ideas.
This book requires a modern version of LaTeX (confirmed working with TeXLive 2013).
You will also need the latexmk
compilation utility (or a lot of patience) and the asy
program from the Asymptote project.
The build system is currently set up to work in a Unix-like environment; it is confirmed working in Debian, will almost certainly work in any reasonable desktop Linux, and may work in OSX.
To build the book, navigate into the book
subdirectory and run latexmk --pdf calcnotes
.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.