I've committed myself (intentionally) to not having my students purchase a textbook this year for the calculus sequence. I'm in the process of exploring some of the free calculus textbooks that are out there. If I don't find one that I particularly like, I may just not use one at all (although, it would be extremely time consuming to write all of my own exercises).
One book that I am seriously considering using is the "Whitman Calculus" book by David Guichard. Here is the link to the book: http://sites.google.com/site/whitmanmathematics/ I'm wondering if anyone has used this book and if so, whether you have any feedback. One shortcoming of this text is that it does not have a lot of exercises. If someone has used the book, written supplementary problem (especially Sage-related exercises), and would be willing to share, I'd be thrilled. I'd also love to hear about any other books that people have used (or even heard of). I've also thought about using Paul's Online Math Notes: http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/CalcI.aspx However, this does not include any exercises. If someone has written exercises to accompany Paul's Notes and would be willing to share, I'd love to see them. For your reference, here is a list of some of the free calculus books that I have seen online (in no particular order): MIT OCW: http://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-18-001-calculus-online-textbook-spring-2005/textbook/ Understanding Calculus: http://www.understandingcalculus.com/index.php Elementary Calculus: An Infinitesimal Approach: http://www.math.wisc.edu/~keisler/calc.html Whitman Calculus: http://sites.google.com/site/whitmanmathematics/ Differential Calculus with Sage: http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/wdj/teaching/calc1-sage/ Calculus, Applications and Theory: http://groups.google.com/group/freecomputerbooks/web/calculus-applications-and-theory-2008-kenneth-kuttler Many of these are on Jason Grout's web page (http://artsci.drake.edu/grout/doku.php/teaching_resources). Jason has lots of other great resources, so I encourage you to check his page out. Thanks in advance. Dana C. Ernst, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics Plymouth State University MSC 29, 17 High Street Plymouth, NH 03264-1595 Email: dcer...@plymouth.edu Web Page: http://oz.plymouth.edu/~dcernst Office: Hyde 356 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
