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Title: Calculus Volume 2 (Tom M. Apostol)
Review: This book contains a lot of information, and is rigorous, with many proofs and a vast array of problems. However, it is weak on worked examples and in explaining the concepts clearly. Diagrams are kept to a minimum. I used this book during an undergraduate Calculus course, and found that it did not help me to grasp the fundamentals of the subject. There are much better books available e.g. Stewart, which cover much of the same ground in a much simpler format. In my experience, only the ablest students were able to benefit from Apostol's dense writing style and scarcity of worked examples. Apostol does, however, include sections on matrix algebra and calculus which are not available in many other textbooks. There are also solutions to many of the problems at the end of the text.
