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George Jennings, Ph.D.
Title: Professor, Mathematics
Department: Mathematics
Office: NSM A-122
Phone Extension: x3592
Email Username: gjennings
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Affordable Learning Initiatives
Show All MAT 153.03: Precalculus MAT 171: Survey of Calculus for Mathematics - FALL 2013 MAT 191: Calculus I MAT 331: Linear Algebra -- Required Textbook MAT 401: Advanced Analysis FALL 2012 MAT 401-403: Advanced Analysis SPRING 2011 MAT 403: Advanced Analysis II - SPRING 2013
MAT 153.03: Precalculus
SPRING 2012Cost of text through authors' personal site: $0
Alternate textbook is available to students free of cost at the authors' website.
- Carl Stitz and Jeff Zeager's Open Source Mathematics, Precalculus textbook.
MAT 171: Survey of Calculus for Mathematics - FALL 2013
Fall 2013Cost of Calculus for the Life Sciences, new: $13.54
Cost of text from authors' website: $0
Total savings per student: $13.54
Textbook is available free of cost to students through the authors' website.
- Mahaffy, J. M., & Chávez-Ross, A. (2004). Calculus: A modeling approach for the life sciences. Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Pub. ISBN: 9780536839893. Website.
MAT 191: Calculus I
SPRING 2012Textbook costs through alternative websites: $0
For students who prefer a free alternative to the official text, the following texts are downloadable at no cost to students:
- Calculus for the Life Sciences: A Modeling Approach, by James Cornette and Ralph Ackerman.
- Whitman Calculus, by David Guichard. (Some people call this text "Whitman Calculus" in honor of Whitman College, where the author teaches). Faculty who wish to adopt this textbook for your course, please read this page: Author's Statement.
MAT 331: Linear Algebra -- Required Textbook
SPRING 2011Textbook cost to students: $13.95
Cost through author's personal site: $0
Total savings per student: $13.95
Textbook is available to students free of cost through the author's personal website.
- Hefferon, Jim. Linear Algebra. Virginia Commonwealth University Mathematics, 2009. ISBN: 9780982406212. VCUM website
MAT 401: Advanced Analysis FALL 2012
Fall 2012Cost of Basic Analysis, new: $13.09
Cost to use through author's website: $0
Total savings per student: $13.09
Textbook is available free of cost to students through the author's personal website.
- Lebl, J. (2011). Basic analysis: Introduction to real analysis. United States: J. Lebl. Website
MAT 401-403: Advanced Analysis SPRING 2011
SPRING 2011Textbook cost to students: $31.25
Cost through YouPublish.com: $1.00
Savings per student: $30.25
Textbook is available at a minimal fee through YouPublish.com. Dr. Jennings notes: "Click the version labeled "[TBB Elementary Real Analysis". The first edition was a regular commercial textbook. The second edition is electronic and also available in paperback form. It's a complete two-semester text with exercises etc."
- Thomson, Brian S., Judith B. Bruckner, and Andrew M. Bruckner. Real Analysis. [S.l.]: ClassicalRealAnalysis.com, 2008. ISBN: 1434844129. YouPublish.com
MAT 403: Advanced Analysis II - SPRING 2013
Spring 2013Cost of Introduction to Real Analysis, new: $111.40
Cost of use through author's website: $0
Cost of Basic Analysis, new: $13.09
Cost to use through author's website: $0
Total savings per student: $124.49
Textbook is available free of cost to students through the authors' personal websites.
- Lebl, J. (2011). Basic analysis: Introduction to real analysis. United States: J. Lebl. Website.
- Trench, William F. (2003) Introduction to Real Analysis. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall/Pearson Education. ISBN: 9780130457868. Website.