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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.

 

Check the syllabus for your particular sections before purchasing a text.

FALL 2025 TEXT BOOK LIST

  
CRS TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER ISBN ED YR  
001 Basic College Mathematics Tobey and Slater Pearson 978-0135840658 9th 2021  
               
025 Elementary Algebra Tussy and Gustafson Cengage 978-1111567668 5th 2012  
   E-text:  WebAssign for Elementary Algebra Tussy and Gustafson Cengage 978-1337773188  5th 2012  
   Students are automatically enrolled in the First Day Program, which bills the cost for WebAssign, the software used for homework (includes copy of e-text) to the term bill and gives immediate access to the homework and the textbook. Students may opt out of this program, i.e., those who have previously paid for WebAssign.            
               
026 Intermediate Algebra Tussy and Gustafson Cengage 978-1111567675 5th 2012  
   E-text:  WebAssign for Intermediate Algebra Tussy and Gustafson Cengage 978-1337773263 5th 2012  
   Students are automatically enrolled in the First Day Program, which bills the cost for WebAssign, the software used for homework (includes copy of e-text) to the term bill and gives immediate access to the homework and the textbook. Students may opt out of this program, i.e., those who have previously paid for WebAssign.            
               
103 NO TEXTBOOK            
               
104 NO TEXTBOOK            
               
106 The Mathematics of Money Timothy Biehler Kendall Hunt 978-1506695914 3rd 2013  
  Note:  An online version of the textbook can also be purchased from:  https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/mathematics-money             
               
107 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers with Activities Sybilla Beckmann Pearson 978-0134392790 5E 2017  
               
111 Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus Stewart Cengage 978-0357758823 8th-custom 2024  
  access code            
  Students are automatically enrolled in the First Day Program, which bills the cost for WebAssign, the software used for homework (includes copy of e-text) to the term bill and gives immediate access to the homework and the e-textbook.  Students may opt out of this program, i.e., those who have previously paid for WebAssign.            
               
112 Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus Stewart Cengage 978-0357758823 8th-custom 2024  
  access code            
               
115 Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus Stewart Cengage 978-0357758823 8th-custom 2024  
  access code            
  Students are automatically enrolled in the First Day Program, which bills the cost for WebAssign, the software used for homework (includes copy of e-text) to the term bill and gives immediate access to the homework and the e-textbook.  Students may ope out of this program, i.e., those who have previously paid for WebAssign.            
               
123 NO TEXTBOOK (subscription bought directly from Knewton, see course syllabus)       
               
125 NO TEXTBOOK (Students need to bring their laptops to class)            
               
 130 Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences and Social Sciences Barnett, Ziegler, Byleen and Stocker Pearson 978-0134668574 14th  2018  
   Students are automatically enrolled in the First Day Program, which bills the cost for MyMathLab, the software used for homework (includes copy of e-text) to the term bill and gives immediate access to the homework and the e-textbook.  Students may opt out of this program.            
135 Calculus, Single Variable: Early Transcendentals Briggs/Cochran/Gillett Pearson 978-0134766850 3rd  2018  
  Students are automatically enrolled in the First Day Program, which bills the cost of the MyLab Math license (includes copy of e-text) to the term bill and gives immediate access to the textbook. Students may opt out of this program. Students may also purchase, through their MyLab course, a physical copy of the text.            
               
151 Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals Hass, Heil & Weir Pearson    15th  2023  
  MyMathLab access code (with e-text) only      978-0137559756      
  OR MyMathLab access with Physical textbook     978-0137560103      
               
152 Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals Hass, Heil & Weir Pearson    15th  2023  
  MyMathLab access code (with e-text) only      978-0137559756      
  OR MyMathLab access with Physical textbook     978-0137560103      
               
157 NO TEXTBOOK            
               
158 NO TEXTBOOK            
               
 196  NO TEXTBOOK            
               
244 Differential Equations - An Intro. for Engineers Matt Charnley          
   The PDF version can be found here:            
  https://sites.rutgers.edu/matthew-charnley/course-materials/differential-equations-an-introduction-for-engineers       
               
250 Linear Algebra and Its Application Lay/McDonald Prentice Hall 978-0135851159 6th 2021  
               
251 Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals Hass, Heil & Weir Pearson    15th  2023  
  MyMathLab access code (with e-text) only      978-0137559756      
  OR MyMathLab access with Physical textbook     978-0137560103      
               
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 NO TEXTBOOK REQUIRED            
  Please reach out to the professor for more details            
               
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/       
  The book is suggested but not required            
               
300H A Transition to Advanced Mathematics Smith/Eggen/St. Andre Cengage 978-1285463261 8th 2015  
  also available online: https://www.vitalsource.com/       
  The book is suggested but not required            
               
311 Introduction to Analysis Gaughan AMS 978-0821847879 5th 2009  
       OR            
   Understanding Analysis  Stephen Abbott Springer  978-1493927111  2nd  2015  
  Electronic Version available Rutgers University Library            
NOTE Check the syllabus for your particular section before purchasing a text            
               
311H Understanding Analysis Stephen Abbott Springer 978-1493927111 2nd 2015  
  Electronic Version available Rutgers University Library            
               
321 Data Driven Science and Engineering Brunton/Kutz Cambridge 978-1009098489 2nd 2022  
               
325 Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics J. S. Bell Cambridge 978-0521523387 2nd 2004  
  Making Sense of Quantum Mechanics (optional) Jean Bricmont Springer 978-3319258874 1st 2016  
               
 336 NO TEXTBOOK (online notes)            
               
 350 Linear Algebra Friedberg/Insel/Spence Prentice Hall 978-0134860244 5th 2019  
 350 Linear Algebra e-text     978-01357517424    2021  
  https://www.pearson.com/store/en-us/pearsonplus/p/9780137515424.html            
               
350H Linear Algebra Friedberg/Insel/Spence Prentice Hall 978-0134860244 5th 2019  
   Linear Algebra e-text     978-01357517424   2021  
  https://www.pearson.com/store/en-us/pearsonplus/p/9780137515424.htmp            
               
351 Abstract Algebra: An Introduction Hungerford Cengage 978-1111569624 3rd 2011  
               
354 Mathematics of Optimization:  How to do things faster Steven J. Miller AMS 978-1470441142   2017  
               
356 Elementary Number Theory & Its Application Rosen Prentice Hall 978-0135696897 7th 2023  
               
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 978-1284206241 7th 2021  
               
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  
               
437 A History of Mathematics Katz Pearson 978-0134689524 3rd 2017  
               
441 Topology Munkres Prentice Hall 978-0134689517 2nd 2017  
               
451H Algebra Artin Prentice Hall 978-0134689609 2nd-classic 2017  
               
454 Introductory Combinatorics Richard Brualdi Prentice Hall 978-0134689616 Classic 2019  
               
477 A First Course in Probability Ross Prentice Hall 978-0134753119 10th 2019  
  OR            
   Intro. to Probability Anderson, Seppalainen and Valko Cambridge 978-1108415859 1st 2017  
NOTE:  Check the syllabus for your particular section before purchasing a text            
               
478 Intro. To Probability Models Ross Academic Press 978-0128143469 12th 2019  
               
481 Mathematical Statistics w/ applications Freund Prentice Hall 978-0321807090 8th 2012  
               
 485 Stochastic Finance Turner & Zeindler Cambridge 978-1009048941 1st 2023  
               
486 Actuarial Mathematics for Life Contingent Risks Dickson, Hardy & Waters Cambridge 978-1108478083 3rd 2020  
               
491 NO TEXTBOOK            
               
 495:01 NO TEXTBOOK            
495:02 NO TEXTBOOK            
495:03 Mathematics for Machine Learning Deisenroth, Faisal Cambridge 978-1108455145 1st 2020