Information on textbooks for all Undergraduate Mathematics courses at the New Brunswick and Piscataway campuses of Rutgers for the current semester is collected here. Individual course pages may have additional information.
Detailed information about availability of textbooks can be found at The Rutgers Bookstore. The title, author, or ISBN number can also be used to find information from on-line bookstores such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
ISBN numbers issued before 2007 have 10 digits; those issued since 2007 have 13 digits. Some books published before 2007 can be identified by ISBN numbers in either format.
FALL 2018 TEXT BOOK LIST |
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| CRS | TITLE | AUTHOR | PUBLISHER | ISBN | ED | YR |
| 001 | Basic College Mathematics | Tobey and Slater | Prentice Hall | 978-1256579571 | custom | |
| 025 | Understanding Elementary Algebra | Goodman & Hirsch | Cengage | 978-1337033671 | 6E | 2006 |
| SSM | Understanding Elem. Alg. With Geom. | 978-0534999780 | ||||
| 026 | Understanding Intermediate Algebra | Goodman & Hirsch | Cengage | 978-1337035453 | 6E | 2006 |
| SSM | Understanding Intermediate Algebra | 978-0534421700 | ||||
| 103 | NO TEXTBOOK | |||||
| 104 | Finite Mathematics: An Applied Approach | Michael Sullivan | Wiley | 978-0470956922 | Cus | 2011 |
| 106 | The Mathematics of Money | Timothy Biehler | Xanedu Publ. | 978-1506695914 | 3rd | 2013 |
| available via: http://www.themathofmoney.com which redirects to http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/tjbiehler | ||||||
| 107 | Mathematics for Elementary Teachers with Activities | Sybilla Beckmann | Pearson | 978-0321825728 | 4E | 2012 |
| 111 | Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus w/ Enhanced WebAssign | Stewart | Cengage | 978-1305743847 | 7th-custom | 2015 |
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| SSM | Optional: Student Solution Manual | Stewart | Cengage | 978-1305253612 | 7th-custom | 2015 |
| 112 | Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus w/ Enhanced WebAssign | Stewart | Cengage | 978-1305743847 | 7th-custom | 2015 |
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| SSM | Optional: Student Solution Manual | Stewart | Cengage | 978-1305253612 | 7th-custom | 2015 |
| 115 | Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus w/ Enhanced WebAssign | Stewart | Cengage | 978-1305743847 | 7th-custom | 2015 |
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| SSM | Optional: Student Solution Manual | Stewart | Cengage | 978-1305253612 | 7th-custom | 2015 |
| 135 | Calculus I Special Edition | Smith/Strauss/Toda | Kendall Hunt | 978-1524971359 | 7th-custom | |
| 136 | Calculus 2 Special Edition | Smith/Strauss/Toda | Kendall Hunt | 978-1524971434 | 7th-custom | |
| 151 | Calculus, Early Transcendentals, Third edition plus WebAssign | Rogawski & Adams | Macmillan | 978-1319048532 | ||
| Hardcover custom 3rd edition and WebAssign premium access | ||||||
| code (for the duration of the 3rd edition) | ||||||
| OR | E-book custom 3rd edition and WebAssign premium access | Rogawski & Adams | Macmillan | 978-1319049119 | ||
| code (for the duration of the 3rd edition) | ||||||
| 152 | Calculus, Early Transcendentals, Third edition plus WebAssign | Rogawski & Adams | Macmillan | 978-1319048532 | ||
| Hardcover custom 3rd edition and WebAssign premium access | ||||||
| code (for the duration of the 3rd edition) | ||||||
| OR | E-book custom 3rd edition and WebAssign premium access | Rogawski & Adams | Macmillan | 978-1319049119 | ||
| code (for the duration of the 3rd edition) | ||||||
| 192:H1 | Calculus Deconstructed: A Second Course in First-Year Calculus | Zbigniew Nitecki | MAA | 978-0883857564 | ||
| 244 | Elementary Differential Equations - looseleaf version with e-text version of the book | Boyce & DiPrima | Wiley | 9781119336617 | 11th | 2017 |
| E-text by itself | 9781119381655 | 11th | 2017 | |||
| 244H | Elementary Differential Equations - looseleaf version with e-text version of the book | Boyce & DiPrima | Wiley | 9781119447399 | 11th | 2017 |
| E-text by itself | 9781119381655 | |||||
| 250 | Elementary Linear Algebra | Spence, Insel & Friedberg | Prentice Hall | 9780134689470 | Classic | 2017 |
| 251 | Calculus, Early Transcendentals, Third edition plus WebAssign | Rogawski & Adams | Freeman | 978-1319048532 | ||
| Hardcover custom 3rd edition and WebAssign premium access | ||||||
| code (for the duration of the 3rd edition) | ||||||
| OR | E-book custom 3rd edition and WebAssign premium access | Rogawski & Adams | Freeman | 978-1319049119 | ||
| code (for the duration of the 3rd edition) | ||||||
| 252 | Differential Equations with DE Tools Printed Access Card | Blanchard | Cengage | 978-1133109037 | 4th | 2012 |
| Differential Equations (text only) | 978-0495561989 | 4th | 2012 | |||
| BOTH versions acceptable | ||||||
| SSM | Differential Equations | 978-0495826729 | ||||
| 285 | The Theory of Interest | S. Kellison | McGraw-Hill | 978-0073382449 | 3rd | 2008 |
| 291H | NO TEXTBOOK | |||||
| 300 | A Transition to Advanced Mathematics | Smith/Eggen/St. Andre | Cengage | 978-1285463261 | 8th | 2015 |
| also available online: https://www.vitalsource.com/ | ||||||
| 300H | NO TEXTBOOK - ONLINE MATERIALS | |||||
| 311 | Introduction to Analysis | Gaughan | AMS | 978-0-8218-4787-9 | 5th | 2009 |
| 311H | Understanding Analysis | Stephen Abbott | Springer | 9781493927111 | 2015 | |
| https://catalog.libraries.rutgers.edu/vufind/Record/5460323 | ||||||
| 321 | Mathematical Models | Haberman | SIAM | 978-0898714081 | 5th | 2009 |
| 325 | Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics | J.S. Bell | Cambridge | 978-0521523387 | ||
| 336 | NO TEXTBOOK (online notes) | |||||
| 350 | Linear Algebra | Friedberg/Insel/Spence | Prentice Hall | 978-0130084514 | 4th | 2003 |
| 350H | Linear Algebra | Friedberg/Insel/Spence | Prentice Hall | 978-0130084514 | 4th | 2003 |
| 351 | Abstract Algebra: An Introduction | Hungerford | Cengage | 978-1111569624 | 3rd | 2011 |
| 354 | Elem. Linear Programming w/ Appl. | Kolman | Academic Press | 978-0124179103 | 2nd | 1995 |
| 356 | Elementary Number Theory & Its Application | Rosen | Prentice Hall | 978-0321500311 | 6th | 2011 |
| 361 | Elements of Set Theory | Enderton | Academic Press | 978-0122384400 | 1st | 1977 |
| 373 | Numerical Analysis | Burden & Faires | Cengage | 978-1305253667 | 10th | 2015 |
| 411H | Principles of Mathematical Analysis | Rudin | McGraw Hill | 978-0070542358 | 3rd | 2007 |
| 421 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics | Zill & Wright | Jones & Bartlett | 978-1284105902 | 6th | 2016 |
| 423 | Applied Partial Differential Equations | J. David Logan | Springer | 978-3319124926 | 3rd | 2015 |
| 428 | A First Course in Graph Theory | Zhang/Chartbrand | Dover | 978-0486483689 | 2012 | |
| 432 | Differential Geometry of Curves & Surfaces | M. DoCarmo | Dover | 978-0486806990 | 2nd | 2016 |
| 435 | The Four Pillars of Geometry | John Stillwell | Springer | 978-1441920638 | 2005 | |
| 437 | A History of Mathematics | Katz | Pearson | 978-0134689524 | 3rd | 2017 |
| 441 | Topology | Munkres | Prentice Hall | 978-0131816299 | ||
| 451H | Algebra | Artin | Prentice Hall | 978-0132413770 | 2nd | 2011 |
| 454 | Introductory Combinatorics | Richard Brualdi | Prentice Hall | 978-0134689616 | Classic | 2017 |
| 477 | A First Course in Probability | Ross | Prentice Hall | 978-0321794772 | 9th | 2012 |
| 478 | Intro. To Probability Models (ANY EDITION CAN BE USED) | Ross | Academic Press | 978-0124079489 | 11th | 2014 |
| 481 | Mathematical Statistics w/ applications | Freund | Prentice Hall | 978-0321807090 | 8th | 2012 |
| 485 | The Mathematics of Finance: Modeling and Hedging | Stampfli & Goodman | AMS | 978-0821847930 | 2009 | |
| 486 | Actuarial Mathematics for Life Contingent Risks | Dickson, Hardy & Waters | Cambridge | 978-1107044074 | 2nd | 2013 |
| 491 | NO TEXTBOOK | |||||
| 493 | NO TEXTBOOK | |||||
| 496 | NO TEXTBOOK | |||||
| 497 | NO TEXTBOOK | |||||
