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.
SPRING 2020 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 |
| 107 | Mathematics for Elementary Teachers with Activities | Sybilla Beckmann | Pearson | 978-0321825728 | 4E | 2012 |
| 110 | Algebra for Elementary and Middle School Teachers: | Stump, Roebuck & Bishop | Pearson | 978-0558387778 | 2nd | 2012 |
| An Inquiry Approach | ||||||
| 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 |
| 123 | NO TEXTBOOK (subscription bought directly from Knewton, see course syllabus) | |||||
| 135 | Calculus I Special Edition | Smith/Strauss/Toda | Kendall Hunt | 978-1524971359 | 7th-custom | 2018 |
| 136 | Calculus 2 Special Edition | Smith/Strauss/Toda | Kendall Hunt | 978-1524971434 | 7th-custom | 2018 |
| 151 | Calculus Early Transcendentals w/ Sapling Access | Rogawski | Macmillan | 978-1319323394 | 4th | 2019 |
| Calculus Early Transcendentals E-Book w/ Sapling Access | Rogawski | Macmillan | 978-1319336400 | 4th | 2019 | |
| 152 | Calculus Early Transcendentals w/ Sapling Access | Rogawski | Macmillan | 978-1319323394 | 4th | 2019 |
| Calculus Early Transcendentals E-Book w/ Sapling Access | Rogawski | Macmillan | 978-1319336400 | 4th | 2019 | |
| 244 | Elementary Differential Equations - looseleaf version with e-text version of the book | Boyce & DiPrima | Wiley | 9781119447399 | 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 w/ Sapling Access | Rogawski | Macmillan | 978-1319323394 | 4th | 2019 |
| Calculus Early Transcendentals E-Book w/ Sapling Access | 978-1319336400 | 4th | 2019 | |||
| 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 |
| 292H | 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 | 978-0821847879 | 5th | 2009 |
| 311H | Understanding Analysis | Stephen Abbott | Springer | 978-1493927111 | 2nd | 2015 |
| 312 | Introduction to Analysis | Gaughan | AMS | 978-0821847879 | 5th | 2009 |
| 325 | Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics | J.S. Bell | Cambridge | 978-0521523387 | 2nd | 2004 |
| 336 | NO TEXTBOOK | |||||
| 338 | NO TEXTBOOK | |||||
| 348 | An Introduction to Mathematical Cryptography | |||||
| Link to E-book | ||||||
| 350 | Linear Algebra | Friedberg/Insel/Spence | Prentice Hall | 978-0134860244 | 5th | 2019 |
| 350H | Linear Algebra | Friedberg/Insel/Spence | Prentice Hall | 978-0134860244 | 5th | 2019 |
| 351 | Abstract Algebra: An Introduction | Hungerford | Cengage | 978-1111569624 | 3rd | 2011 |
| 354:01 & 02 | Mathematics of Optimization: How to do things faster | Steve J. Miller | AMS | 978-1470441142 | 2017 | |
| 354:03 & 04 | Elementary Linear Programming w. appl. | Kolman | Academic Press | 978-0124179103 | 2nd | 1995 |
| 356 | Elementary Number Theory & Its Application | Rosen | Prentice Hall | 978-0321500311 | 6th | 2011 |
| 357 | TBD | |||||
| 373 | Numerical Analysis | Burden & Faires | Cengage | 978-1305253667 | 10th | 2015 |
| 403 | Complex Variables | Stephen Fisher | Dover | 978-0486406794 | 2nd | 1990 |
| 412H | 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 |
| 437 | A History of Mathematics | Katz | Pearson | 978-0134689524 | 3rd | 2017 |
| 442 | Algebraic Topology | Alan Hatcher | ||||
| 452H | Algebra | Artin | Prentice Hall | 978-0132413770 | 2nd | 2011 |
| 461 | NO TEXTBOOK REQUIRED | |||||
| 468 | Math for HS Teachers | Usiskin/Peressini | Prentice Hall | 978-0130449412 | 2003 | |
| 477 | A First Course in Probability | Ross | Prentice Hall | 978-0134753119 | 10th | 2019 |
| 478 | Intro. To Probability Models | Ross | Academic Press | 978-0124079489 | 11th | 2014 |
| 481 | Mathematical Statistics w/ applications | Freund | Prentice Hall | 978-0321807090 | 8th | 2012 |
| 487 | Actuarial Mathematics for Life Contingent Risks | Dickson, Hardy & Waters | Cambridge | 978-1107044074 | 2nd | 2013 |
| 492H | Category Theory, 2nd edition | Steve Awodey | Oxford | 978-0199237180 | 2nd | 2010 |
| 494 | NO TEXTBOOK | |||||
| 495:01 | Introduction to Mathematical Oncology | Kuang/Nagy/Eikenberry | CRC | 978-1584889908 | 1st | 2016 |
| 496 | NO TEXTBOOK | |||||
| 497 | NO TEXTBOOK | |||||
