<p>Hey CC, just wondering what's a really good thorough book for Multivariable Calculus?</p>
<p>Stewart seems popular.</p>
<p>We use Stewart.</p>
<p>Stewart is good</p>
<p>+1 for stewart</p>
<p>Steward again…</p>
<p>My school forced Larson on my class.</p>
<p>Apostol is an excellent choice. It looks like Stewart is popular here, but Apostol is far more rigorous and thorough if that’s what you’re looking for. It’s a combined MVC + Linear Algebra text (vol. 2 is multi variable). If you seek to truly understand calculus, then that’s the book you want.</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard in other forums, Stewart gets a bad Rep from the hardcore Math people. In essence, I want to have enough information to do well on the Florida Mu Alpha Theta Multivariable Calculus topic test for States. Now, I also want to make Calculus III that much easier, so the more I learn the better. I’ve heard other people say Apostol was good. </p>
<p>Any other suggestions? Maybe cheap places to get said books?</p>
<p>apostol is only good if you’re looking to prove stuff, which i assume you won’t be asked to do on mu alpha theta tests. it’s not good for a first pass through multivariable calculus. half the people at caltech can’t understand apostol (we use it as our textbook for the advanced track). you would probably be better off with a standard calculus textbook like thomas or stewart.</p>