Title: difficult if you're new to calculus
Product review: I recently completed the 3 quarter freshman calc sequence at Ohio State University with this book. Having not had calculus before, I found the book quite difficult throughout. Stewart would do well to improve the introduction of fundamental concepts, like the limit, chain rule and integration by parts; the explanations are almost invariably inadequate. This book is useless for the average person, and consistently frustrating for anyone motivated enough to wade through the text. My advice for anyone without prior calculus experience who's using this book is to also get the solutions manual and study guide, they can help to explain what is left unclear by this text.
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