# Recommendation for a precalculus textbook [duplicate]

I'm a high school senior interested in pursuing a major in quantitative economics, which I understand is heavily math-intensive. However, as it stands, my academic strengths are more verbal (780 on SAT) than mathematical (630 on SAT). Therefore, I'd much like to increase my skills at math and plan to devote a great deal of my summer studying from a precalculus textbook or two. That's where you good people at Math Stack Exchange come in. I'm hoping some of you could recommend a precalculus level textbook that has the potential to initiate a neophyte such as myself to the math world. Bonus points if you can recommend a textbook that somehow also has applications to economics.

By the way, I actually have already purchased a precalculus level textbook, the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project's Precalculus and Discrete Mathematics, but am of the understanding that it is more of a primer text and thus would be wisely supplemented by something a little more in-depth. This might be helpful to take into consideration as well. I asked this same question at Math Overflow and was told that the site is more reserved for research-level mathematics, and was referred here instead, so I hope this is the right domain for this sort of question. Many thanks for any and all replies.

## marked as duplicate by Claude Leibovici, Xander Henderson, Aweygan, Ethan Bolker, José Carlos SantosMay 28 '18 at 23:12

• Stewart's Algebra and Trigonometry amazon.com/dp/1439047308 seems to be sufficiently comprehensive, but it's very expensive. – Dave L. Renfro Apr 23 '12 at 15:41
• One suggestion is Topology, by Choquet, or at least parts of it. In spite of the title, it is an introduction to the non-calculus aspects of analysis. Of particular value is the section on the logical foundations of $\Bbb R,$ without which you cannot understand limits of sequences nor any calculus..... Perhaps also an introductory textbook on Linear Algebra....And an intro text on Statistics & Probability.. – DanielWainfleet Mar 23 '18 at 0:38
• In the pre-computer age, Dover Press was a rich source of re-issued old textbooks, very cheap, many of them timeless. I just googled DoverPublications.com and I see they still are here and have an extensive math collection available – DanielWainfleet Mar 23 '18 at 0:44