Reflects how students use a textbook— they generally start with the exercises and flip back to the narrative for help if they need it.

Comprehensive exercise sets provide for a variety of student needs and are consistently structured and labeled to facilitate the creation of homework assignments.
Review Questions check that students have a general conceptual understanding of the essential ideas from the section.
Basic Skills exercises are linked to examples in the section so students get off to a good start with homework.
Further Explorations exercises extend students’ abilities beyond the basics.
Applications present practical and novel applications and models that use the ideas presented in the section.
Additional Exercises challenge students to stretch their understanding by working through abstract exercises and proofs.
NEW! 20% more exercises, including more mid-level exercises to enhance the pace of the book and give students more of a computational footing for the exercises that follow.
When students flip back to the narrative for help with exercises, they find:
Writing that reflects the voice of the instructor.
Plentiful examples, each stepped-out in detail. Within examples, the steps are annotated in blue type to help students understand what took place in each step.
Figures that are designed to teach rather than simply supplement the narrative. The figures are annotated to lead students through the key ideas, and rendered using the latest software for unmatched clarity and precision.
Quick Check exercises punctuate the narrative at key points to test understanding of basic ideas and encourage students to read with pencil in hand.