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"Calculus: a Reader" is a textbook for a standard two-semester college calculus course. It is designed to be the first point of contact, rather than as a reference to be used after lectures; it is thus best suited to a "flipped" class model. It is currently quite incomplete; contributions of text or problems are very welcome!

An up-to-date compiled version is always available at sl-build.

First and foremost, this book is designed to be read. That is, it is not meant to be a reference for students doing homework after listening to a lecture. The class structure that I have in mind is something like this:

1. Students read a section of the textbook and try some exercises before class.
2. Students come to class, perhaps hear a short presentation ("mini-lecture") by the instructor addressing some pitfalls and showing examples, and then work on exercises with peers.
3. Students bring this knowledge to bear on another set of "post-class" exercises to test their mastery and push them towards new ideas.

This book requires a modern version of LaTeX (confirmed working with TeXLive 2013). You will also need the latexmk compilation utility (or a lot of patience) and the asy program from the Asymptote project. The build system is currently set up to work in a Unix-like environment; it is confirmed working in Debian, will almost certainly work in any reasonable desktop Linux, and may work in OSX.

To build the book, navigate into the book subdirectory and run latexmk --pdf calcnotes.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.