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The University of Texas at El Paso have developed a most excellent math site
that covers topics ranging from basic algebra to complex variables, and very
much includes calculus. They call it S.O.S. Mathematics.
Click the logo to get to their
main page.
M.I.T. has an Open Courseware series on line.
It includes some excellent class notes and video on a number of math and science topics.
| Calculus-Help.com by Michael Kelly offers multimedia tutorials with especially clear explanations of limits, continuity, and basic derivatives. He also offers books and a weekly practice problem. He has also given Karl's Calculus Tutor his Headbutt of Excellence Award. |  |
The Math Forum
has a great list of calculus links as well as
a host of other resources. Click on their star-logo to go there.
They also provide the
Ask Dr.
Mathtm pages, which I very much recommend.
has some useful graphing
and algebra functions that can not only save you some grunt-work, but also illustrates
how it does the problems you give it.
To see common math mistakes made by students and their corrections, see
mathmistakes.info.
The University of Akron also has an excellent calculus tutorial, complete with many examples and problems for you. Click here to get to e-Calculus. You will need an Adobe Acrobat® plug-in for your browser in order to view their material.
Gerardo Mendoza and Dan Reich of Rutgers University have created an interactive tutorial: COW: Calculus On Web. It quizzes you (and not just multiple guess questions -- you have compose your answers) then checks them -- even making suggestions on what you did wrong when you goof. Highly recommended. It also has units on linear algebra, number theory, and abstract algebra.
Stuck on a homework problem from your textbook?
Hotmath.org has step-by-step worked
solutions to the odd-numbered problems in many popular algebra, trig,
and calculus textbooks.
Eric Schechter of Vanderbilt University has prepared a litany of common math mistakes made by undergraduate students. Click here to see what they are so that you won't also fall victim. He also has plenty of other math pages that you can get to by clicking here.
How about downloading a free calculus reference booklet? Someone who chooses not to post his or her name has made something called The Calculus Bible available as a Microsoft Word document. It's a handy reference guide with all the formulas and methods you have been learning summarized and ready for printing. Just click on the title and you're on your way to getting it for free.
Dr Ben Taylor Langton has prepared a unique website
that
can actually work certain algebra and calculus problems for you.
Check it out
by clicking on the logo.
But please do not be lulled into thinking that this site
will do your homework for you. Use it to see if you got
the right answer to a problem, but still do the work for yourself.
It's the only way you'll learn. You will be (or at least you should
be) graded on how you solve problems rather than on just writing
down answers.
Need to brush up your algebra? Click on
for an algebra tutoral.
Professor David E. Joyce of Clark University has a set of notes on his website that covers a wide variety of math topics. It includes Euclids Elements, as well as a good primer on trigonometry and another on complex numbers.
The physics department at The University of Pennsylvania has
prepared
, which you can get to by clicking on
the logo. It contains concise descriptions of many calculus concepts
as well as numerous ways to apply calculus to problems in physics, chemistry,
and electrical engineering.
offers math tutoring at all levels from basic arithmetic to advanced calculus.
offers a paid service that provides live online interactive instruction in various academic subjects, including a number of college math subjects. Click the logo for more information.
If you are in need of a tutor, Chaim Lazar offers a free service for matching tutors with students over the internet. To find out more, click here.
Another fine tutor-matching service (and it's also free of charge) is FindaTutor, offered by Chris Baldwin. Just click on the name.
Click on 
for an excellent calculus tutorial by Larry Husch at the Math Department of the
University of Tennessee.
At InteractiveMathTutor.com (a paid subscription service) you can get personal attention by phone, email, or two-way blackboard. Help is offered for a wide range of math topics, including calculus.
Harvey Mudd College has a well organized tutorial that covers calculus together with much of the prerequisite material that you should know before taking calculus. Click here to go there.
If you need a review of precalculus material that you learned last year but have now become rusty on, click here. It will take you to FHS Precalculus Study Page where they have coverage of topics such as linear and quadratic equations, inequalities, trig functions, polynomials, functions, etc.
A generous soul who identifies herself only as Karen has a cool
math site called
.
Click on the logo to go there. She offers lots of useful algebra
and precalculus pages if you need review. I also especially
like her page on
limits. And there are
plenty of math-entertainment pages at her site too. Check it out.
has lots of pages of both
calculus and precalculus. Worth a visit.
Some folks at the University of Toronto have made class notes and past examinations available on the web. You will need to download an Adobe Acrobat® viewer in order to read them (and they take some time to download). There is a large volume of material here, and it is available to you by clicking here.
The Math Department at Vanderbilt University has a webpage of math tools called MathServ. It can do things like factor polynomials, graph equations, find derivatives and antiderivatives, and lots of other neat stuff.
Dr. Thomas I. Vogel of Texas A&M University has a gallery of calculus oddities that are of interest once you have some calculus concepts under your belt.
Kenny Felder has some illuminating and useful essays, some of which might help you with your calculus and some with physics, if you are taking that as well. Check it out by clicking here.
Doug Shaw has a page of calculus brain-teasers where you are asked to find the error. And don't ask me for the answers -- I'm not at liberty to reveal them. You have to hash these puzzles out for yourself.
Eric W. Weisstein has compiled a vast online math reference in association with Wolfram.com. Go to Mathworld.Wolfram.com to have a look.
Duane Kouba at UC Davis is building a solved calculus problems site that you can check out by clicking here. UC Davis also has its own calculus site that Duane Kouba and J. Haas edit.
Mark Brittenham, an assistant professor of math at the University of Nebraska, has a list of study tips, written by Susan Hermiller and Melanie Martin, that you would be wise to look at.
Websites with more links to math websites: www.dmoz.com, www.directorykids.com, www.calculus.org, and math.utk.edu.
For some biographical material on great mathematicians click here .
Click here to find out more about the history of mathematics.
Here is a link to my own personal page. The math section has a few interesting brain ticklers on it if you are interested.
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