University of BATH

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Degrees in Mathematics, Mathematics and Statistics, Statistics and Mathematical Sciences
Recommended Textbooks for Year 1 Semester 1 Units
The following is a list of first-year units together with the textbook(s) recommended for that unit.
Some units follow a particular textbook quite closely and for these units students are expected to
purchase a copy of the textbook. These books are in bold.

MA10207 Analysis 1A
(all-year)

Analysis (Modular Mathematics Series) (Paperback)

by Ekkehard Kopp
Publisher: A Butterworth-Heinemann Title (30 Aug 1996)
ISBN-10: 0340645962
ISBN-13: 978-0340645963
M. Spivak: Calculus; W. A. Benjamin, London (1992) 513.03
SPI
M. Spivak: The hitchhiker's guide to calculus; Polished Pebble
Press, Houston (1995) 513.03 SPI
The two books by Spivak are great --- the first is a
comprehensive text on Calculus that presents the concepts very
clearly (the book is very well edited also) and contains useful
exercises; the second is a small booklet that presents the concepts
in a more colloquial way and can give you a good overview of
the material.
C. Clark: The theoretical side of calculus; Robert E. Krieger,
Huntington (1978) 513.03 CLA
This is a more condensed text but, I think, it makes good reading.
At the end there is a chapter leading gently into multi variable
calculus.

MA10208 Methods &

Applications 1
(all-year)

H.Anton, I.Bivens & S.Davis, Calculus (John Wiley and Sons).

(8th Edition)
(ISBN 0-471-48273-0)

XX10190 Programming &

Discrete Mathematics 1
(all-year)

Custom-produced text published by Cengage, will be available

through the Bath campus bookstore ONLY.

MA10209 Algebra 1A
(semester 1)

G.C. Smith, Introductory Mathematics: Algebra and Analysis

(Springer)
(ISBN 3-540-76178-0) Chaps 2 & 3.
(NOTE: This book has a web site
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~masgcs/book1/

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MA10211 Probability &

Statistics 1A
(semester 1)

G.R.Grimmett & D.R.Stirzaker, Probability and random

processes (Oxford University Press)
(ISBN 0-198-53665-8)
N.Weiss, A Course in Probability (Pearson)
(ISBN 0-321-18954-X)
S.Ross, A First Course in Probability (Prentice Hall)
(ISBN 0-131-21802-6)

Note:
If you decide to buy the textbook by Anton et al before you arrive, please ensure you buy the 8th edition,
not an earlier one.

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