Ron Larson (mathematician)
Encyclopedia
Roland "Ron" Edwin Larson (born October 31, 1941) is a professor of mathematics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
, Pennsylvania. He is best known for being the author of a series of widely-used mathematics textbooks ranging from middle school through the second year of college.
, Washington, the second of four children of Mederith John Larson and Harriet Eleanor Larson. Mederith Larson was an officer in the 321st Engineer Battalion
of the United States Army
. He served in active duty during World War II
, where he was awarded a Bronze Star Medal
and a Purple Heart
, and the Korean War
, where he was awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster
and a Silver Star
. During the years that Ron was growing up, his father was stationed in several military bases, including Chitose, Hokkaido
, Japan and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. While in Chistose, Ron attended a small DoDDS school, where he was one of only three students in the sixth grade. When Mederith Larson retired from the Army in 1957, he moved with his family to Vancouver, Washington, where he lived until he died in 2005. Harriet Larson died in the fall of 2009.
Larson spent his first two years of high school at Leilehua High School
in Wahiawa, Hawaii. In 1957, when his family moved to Vancouver, Washington
, Larson enrolled in Battle Ground High School
, where he graduated in 1959. On October 29, 1960, at the age of 18, he married Deanna Sue Gilbert, also of Vancouver, Washington. Deanna Gilbert was the second child Herbert and Dorothy Gilbert. Ron and Deanna Larson have two children, Timothy Roland Larson and Jill Deanna Larson Im, and five living grandchildren. Their first grandchild, Timothy Roland Larson II, died at birth on summer solstice, June 21, 1983.
Larson is the third generation of Norwegian and Swedish immigrants who left Scandinavia to homestead in Minnesota in the late 1800s. The surnames and immigration dates of his great-grandparents are Bangen (1866, Norway), Berg (1867, Norway), Larson (1868, Norway), and Watterburg (1879, Sweden).
in Vancouver, Washington. In 1964, he obtained his associate's degree from Clark. Upon graduation from Clark College, Larson was awarded a scholarship from the Alcoa
Foundation, which he used to attend Lewis & Clark College
in Portland, Oregon. He graduated, with honors, from Lewis & Clark in 1966. During the four years from 1962 through 1966, Ron worked full-time, first at a restaurant and then at a grocery store, in Vancouver and Deanna worked full-time as a secretary at Roberts Motor Company in Portland, Oregon.
From 1966 to 1970, Larson attended graduate school at the University of Colorado at Boulder
. He received his master's degree in 1968 and his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1970. While at the University of Colorado, Larson was the recipient of an NDEA
scholarship and an NSF
fellowship. He also served as a teaching assistant. His Ph.D. dissertation "On the Lattice of Topologies
" was written under Wolfgang J. Thron. Larson's Ph.D. lineage, as listed by the University of North Dakota
, traces back through George David Birkhoff
, Joseph Louis Lagrange
, Leonhard Euler
, and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the co-developer of calculus.
In 1970, Larson accepted a position of assistant professor at The Pennsylvania State University The Behrend College in Erie, Pennsylvania. At the time, Behrend College was a 2-year branch campus of the university. In 1971, the Board of Trustees of the University met with the Behrend Advisory Board to announce Behrend College would become the first location outside University Park with the authority to develop baccalaureate program and confer degrees locally. During his first several years at the college, Larson was instrumental in developing a mathematics major at the college. He served as a member of the University Faculty Senate and also as Behrend College's representative on the University Faculty Council. Larson was promoted to associate professor in 1976 and professor in 1983. Early in his career at Penn State, Larson started writing manuscripts for textbooks. He completed and submitted three manuscripts for calculus texts in 1973, 1974, and 1975 ... only to be rejected by several publishers. Finally, in 1976 he and his co-author, Robert P. Hostetler, obtained a contract from D. C. Heath and Company
. The first edition of their calculus
book was published in December, 1978. "Calculus" by Larson and Bruce Edwards is now in its ninth edition and is used worldwide.
During the academic year of 1983–84, Larson served as the acting division head for the Division of Science at Penn State Erie.
In 1998 Larson was given the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon.
Counting different editions, he has written over 400 titles. They are used by several million students each year in the United States, as well as by students in other countries. Larson's books have received many awards – for pedagogy, innovation, and design. One of these awards was for developing the first completely interactive calculus textbook on-line. The work on this text was spearheaded by Larson’s son, Timothy Larson. The on-line text, titled Interactive Calculus was posted in 1995. Another award was for innovation in page design. Beginning in 1990, Larson has written all of his mathematics texts to design, so that concepts and examples never break from page to page. The eighth edition of Calculus won the 2005 Benny Award for the best cover in all categories of printing. The middle school series, Big Ideas Math, won the TAA Textbook Excellence Award ("Texty")
in 2010 for excellence in secondary mathematics textbook publishing.
Up until 1995, most of Larson's books were published by D. C. Heath, which was owned by Raytheon
. In 1995, Raytheon sold D. C. Heath to Houghton Miffin. By 1999, Larson's titles had become a major component of Houghton Mifflin's publications. In that year, he was listed in the company's annual report as one of Houghton Mifflin's major authors. In 2008, the College Division of Houghton Mifflin was sold to Cengage Learning
.
Larson's textbooks have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese.
.
This company grew through a sequence of larger offices. In 1992, Larson gave up his sole proprietorship of the company to form a corporation called Larson Texts, Inc. In the same year the company purchased Typographics, a small typesetting firm in Erie, Pennsylvania. Typographics came with a group of employees who were experienced in design, graphic arts, and composition.
In 2000, the company bought and renovated the former Belle Valley School into a 14000 square feet (1,300.6 m²) office building. It has over 50 employees, who work in design, composition, and research ... all connected with the development and production of Larson's textbooks. In 2000, it was listed in the Top Ten Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania for medium sized companies.
, the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges
, and the Mathematical Association of America
. He is a frequent speaker at each of these organizations' state and national conferences.
Ron and Deanna Larson have been active in philanthropy at Penn State University. They are members of the Mount Nittany Society, which recognizes individuals who have given over $250,000 to the university.
Until 2008, all of Larson's textbooks were published by D. C. Heath
, McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin
, Prentice Hall
, and McDougal Littell. In 2008, Larson was unable to find a publisher for a new series for middle school to follow the 2006 "Focal Point" recommendations of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
. He therefore started a new company to publish the books, Big Ideas Learning
, LLC.
According to his acceptance speech for the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1998, Ron's interest in writing mathematics textbooks started the summer after his sophomore year in college. "In my sophomore year I decided to switch to math. I wasn't prepared for it. I had forgotten my high school algebra and trig, and I had to spend my sophomore year taking those courses over again. After I was accepted to Lewis & Clark, I made an appointment to talk with the math department chair, Elvy Fredrickson. That was in June 1964. I asked Elvy if she would let me squeeze four years of math into my junior and senior years at Lewis & Clark. To imagine her thoughts, you have to remember that I had not even taken a course in freshman calculus. I didn't then know what Elvy was thinking. I only knew what she said and what she did. She went to a bookshelf in her office in the old math building, scanned the titles, took down a calculus text, handed it to me, and said, 'Study this book during the summer. The week before classes start in the fall, I will give you a test. If you pass, I will let you take your sophomore and junior mathematics courses concurrently. By the time you reach your senior year, you will be on track.' Years later, Elvy told me that she had no idea I would actually do it. But, I had no idea that she had no idea—and so I took her up on her offer. I read the calculus book, passed the test, and started taking third-semester calculus and linear algebra in the fall of 1964."
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College is a state-related public university institution and a Commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Erie, Pennsylvania....
, Pennsylvania. He is best known for being the author of a series of widely-used mathematics textbooks ranging from middle school through the second year of college.
Early life
Ron Larson was born in Fort LewisFort Lewis
Joint Base Lewis-McChord is a United States military facility located south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Joint Base Garrison, Joint Base Lewis-McChord....
, Washington, the second of four children of Mederith John Larson and Harriet Eleanor Larson. Mederith Larson was an officer in the 321st Engineer Battalion
321st Engineer Battalion (United States)
The 321st Engineer Battalion is an Army Reserve battalion with active service in World War II and Operation Iraqi Freedom.- History :The 321st Engineer Battalion was constituted in the National Army on 5 September 1918 as the 321st Engineers, and assigned to the 96th Division. Four months later, on...
of the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
. He served in active duty during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, where he was awarded a Bronze Star Medal
Bronze Star Medal
The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration that may be awarded for bravery, acts of merit, or meritorious service. As a medal it is awarded for merit, and with the "V" for valor device it is awarded for heroism. It is the fourth-highest combat award of the...
and a Purple Heart
Purple Heart
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York...
, and the Korean War
Korean War
The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
, where he was awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster
Oak leaf cluster
An oak leaf cluster is a common device which is placed on U.S. Army and Air Force awards and decorations to denote those who have received more than one bestowal of a particular decoration. The number of oak leaf clusters typically indicates the number of subsequent awards of the decoration...
and a Silver Star
Silver Star
The Silver Star is the third-highest combat military decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States armed forces for valor in the face of the enemy....
. During the years that Ron was growing up, his father was stationed in several military bases, including Chitose, Hokkaido
Chitose, Hokkaido
-Economy:China Airlines operates its Sapporo office on the third floor of the airport building.The airline Hokkaido Air System was at one time headquartered at the New Chitose Airport in Chitose...
, Japan and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. While in Chistose, Ron attended a small DoDDS school, where he was one of only three students in the sixth grade. When Mederith Larson retired from the Army in 1957, he moved with his family to Vancouver, Washington, where he lived until he died in 2005. Harriet Larson died in the fall of 2009.
Larson spent his first two years of high school at Leilehua High School
Leilehua High School
Leilehua High School is a public, co-educational, college preparatory high school in Wahiawa, Hawaii on the island of Oahu. It is part of the Hawaii State Department of Education, nationally recognized as a Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education, and fully accredited by the...
in Wahiawa, Hawaii. In 1957, when his family moved to Vancouver, Washington
Vancouver, Washington
Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. Incorporated in 1857, it is the fourth largest city in the state with a 2010 census population of 161,791 as of April 1, 2010...
, Larson enrolled in Battle Ground High School
Battle Ground High School
Battle Ground High School is a public high school in Battle Ground, Washington. It is part of the Battle Ground School District in Clark County, located in the southwest region of the state of Washington. Prairie High School is also a high school in the Battle Ground School District.Battle Ground...
, where he graduated in 1959. On October 29, 1960, at the age of 18, he married Deanna Sue Gilbert, also of Vancouver, Washington. Deanna Gilbert was the second child Herbert and Dorothy Gilbert. Ron and Deanna Larson have two children, Timothy Roland Larson and Jill Deanna Larson Im, and five living grandchildren. Their first grandchild, Timothy Roland Larson II, died at birth on summer solstice, June 21, 1983.
Larson is the third generation of Norwegian and Swedish immigrants who left Scandinavia to homestead in Minnesota in the late 1800s. The surnames and immigration dates of his great-grandparents are Bangen (1866, Norway), Berg (1867, Norway), Larson (1868, Norway), and Watterburg (1879, Sweden).
Education
From 1959 until 1962, Ron and Deanna Larson started and operated a small business, called Larson's Custom Quilting. In 1962, they sold the business and Ron began attending Clark CollegeClark College (Washington)
Clark College is a community college located in Vancouver, Washington.The college, which celebrated its 75th anniversary on October 1, 2008, was founded as a private, two-year, junior college in 1933...
in Vancouver, Washington. In 1964, he obtained his associate's degree from Clark. Upon graduation from Clark College, Larson was awarded a scholarship from the Alcoa
Alcoa
Alcoa Inc. is the world's third largest producer of aluminum, behind Rio Tinto Alcan and Rusal. From its operational headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Alcoa conducts operations in 31 countries...
Foundation, which he used to attend Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College is a private institution of higher learning located in Portland, Oregon. Made up of an undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences, a School of Law, and a Graduate School of Education and Counseling. Lewis & Clark is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges with athletic...
in Portland, Oregon. He graduated, with honors, from Lewis & Clark in 1966. During the four years from 1962 through 1966, Ron worked full-time, first at a restaurant and then at a grocery store, in Vancouver and Deanna worked full-time as a secretary at Roberts Motor Company in Portland, Oregon.
From 1966 to 1970, Larson attended graduate school at the University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
. He received his master's degree in 1968 and his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1970. While at the University of Colorado, Larson was the recipient of an NDEA
National Defense Education Act
The National Defense Education Act , signed into law on September 2, 1958, provided funding to United States education institutions at all levels. The act authorized funding for four years, increasing funding per year: for example, funding increased on eight program titles from 183 million dollars...
scholarship and an NSF
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
fellowship. He also served as a teaching assistant. His Ph.D. dissertation "On the Lattice of Topologies
Comparison of topologies
In topology and related areas of mathematics comparison of topologies refers to the fact that two topological structures on a given set may stand in relation to each other. The set of all possible topologies on a given set forms a partially ordered set...
" was written under Wolfgang J. Thron. Larson's Ph.D. lineage, as listed by the University of North Dakota
University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota is a public university in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA. Established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of North Dakota, UND is the oldest and largest university in the state and enrolls over 14,000 students. ...
, traces back through George David Birkhoff
George David Birkhoff
-External links:* − from National Academies Press, by Oswald Veblen....
, Joseph Louis Lagrange
Joseph Louis Lagrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange , born Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia, was a mathematician and astronomer, who was born in Turin, Piedmont, lived part of his life in Prussia and part in France, making significant contributions to all fields of analysis, to number theory, and to classical and celestial mechanics...
, Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion...
, and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the co-developer of calculus.
Academic career
D. C. Heath and Company
D.C. Heath and Company was an American publishing company located at 125 Spring Street in Lexington, Massachusetts, specializing in textbooks.-History:...
. The first edition of their calculus
Calculus
Calculus is a branch of mathematics focused on limits, functions, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series. This subject constitutes a major part of modern mathematics education. It has two major branches, differential calculus and integral calculus, which are related by the fundamental theorem...
book was published in December, 1978. "Calculus" by Larson and Bruce Edwards is now in its ninth edition and is used worldwide.
During the academic year of 1983–84, Larson served as the acting division head for the Division of Science at Penn State Erie.
In 1998 Larson was given the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon.
Books
Textbook Excellence Award ("Texty")
A Textbook Excellence Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association recognizes current textbooks and learning materials based on criteria established by the group. Judges are veteran authors in appropriate subject areas. Nominations from eight subject areas are reviewed each year from...
in 2010 for excellence in secondary mathematics textbook publishing.
Up until 1995, most of Larson's books were published by D. C. Heath, which was owned by Raytheon
Raytheon
Raytheon Company is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft until early 2007...
. In 1995, Raytheon sold D. C. Heath to Houghton Miffin. By 1999, Larson's titles had become a major component of Houghton Mifflin's publications. In that year, he was listed in the company's annual report as one of Houghton Mifflin's major authors. In 2008, the College Division of Houghton Mifflin was sold to Cengage Learning
Cengage Learning
Cengage Learning is a publisher of print and digital information services for the academic, professional and library markets, and delivers customized learning solutions for colleges, universities, professors, students, libraries, government agencies, corporations and professionals around the...
.
Larson's textbooks have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese.
Company founder
In 1984, Larson formed a small company that he called Larson Texts, starting with four employees in an old cottage on the campus of Behrend College. The cottage had been part of the original estate of Ernst Behrend, founder of Hamermill Paper CompanyInternational Paper
International Paper Company is an American pulp and paper company, the largest such company in the world. It has approximately 59,500 employees, and it is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.-History:...
.
This company grew through a sequence of larger offices. In 1992, Larson gave up his sole proprietorship of the company to form a corporation called Larson Texts, Inc. In the same year the company purchased Typographics, a small typesetting firm in Erie, Pennsylvania. Typographics came with a group of employees who were experienced in design, graphic arts, and composition.
In 2000, the company bought and renovated the former Belle Valley School into a 14000 square feet (1,300.6 m²) office building. It has over 50 employees, who work in design, composition, and research ... all connected with the development and production of Larson's textbooks. In 2000, it was listed in the Top Ten Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania for medium sized companies.
Instructional software
In 1992, Larson Texts formed a software division called Meridian Creative Group, later renamed as Larson Learning. The division developed and sold tutorial mathematics software for grades K through 8. In 2005, Larson Learning was sold to Houghton Mifflin for $7 million.- Larson, Ron; Robyn Silbey (1998). "Larson's Middle School Math, Grades 6, 7, and 8". Larson Learning
- Larson, Ron (2000). "Larson's Intermediate Math, Grades 3, 4, 5, and 6". Larson Learning
- Larson, Ron (2002). "Larson's Elementary Math, Grades Kindergarten, 1, and 2". Larson Learning
Research
During his first few years as an assistant professor at Penn State Erie, Larson continued to do research in the area of his dissertation. His research resulted in the publication of several articles, mostly dealing with the lattice of topologies. By the mid-1970s, however, he switched his writing efforts to textbooks.- Larson, R. E., R. P. Hostetler and B. A. Edwards (June 1994, July 1994). "CD-ROM Textbook and Calculus". FOCUS: Mathematics Association of America.
Continued involvement with education
Larson is an active member of the three American mathematics teaching organizations: the National Council of Teachers of MathematicsNational Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics was founded in 1920. It has grown to be the world's largest organization concerned with mathematics education, having close to 100,000 members across the USA and Canada, and internationally....
, the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges
American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges
The American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges is an organization dedicated to the improvement of education in the first two years of college mathematics in the United States and Canada. AMATYC hosts an annual conference, summer institutes, workshops and mentoring for teachers in and...
, and the Mathematical Association of America
Mathematical Association of America
The Mathematical Association of America is a professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level. Members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure and applied mathematicians; computer scientists;...
. He is a frequent speaker at each of these organizations' state and national conferences.
Ron and Deanna Larson have been active in philanthropy at Penn State University. They are members of the Mount Nittany Society, which recognizes individuals who have given over $250,000 to the university.
Until 2008, all of Larson's textbooks were published by D. C. Heath
D. C. Heath and Company
D.C. Heath and Company was an American publishing company located at 125 Spring Street in Lexington, Massachusetts, specializing in textbooks.-History:...
, McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin
Houghton Mifflin
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an educational and trade publisher in the United States. Headquartered in Boston's Back Bay, it publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers and adults.-History:The company was...
, Prentice Hall
Prentice Hall
Prentice Hall is a major educational publisher. It is an imprint of Pearson Education, Inc., based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA. Prentice Hall publishes print and digital content for the 6-12 and higher-education market. Prentice Hall distributes its technical titles through the Safari...
, and McDougal Littell. In 2008, Larson was unable to find a publisher for a new series for middle school to follow the 2006 "Focal Point" recommendations of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics was founded in 1920. It has grown to be the world's largest organization concerned with mathematics education, having close to 100,000 members across the USA and Canada, and internationally....
. He therefore started a new company to publish the books, Big Ideas Learning
Big Ideas Learning
Big Ideas Learning, LLC is an educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Erie, Pennsylvania. It publishes mathematics textbooks and instructional technology materials....
, LLC.
Published books
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler (1979), Calculus with Analytic Geometry, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler (1982), Mathematics for Everyday Living, Saunders
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler (1983), Calculus An Applied Approach, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler (1985), College Algebra, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler (1985), Algebra and Trigonometry, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler (1985), Trigonometry, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler (1985), Precalculus, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Bruce H. Edwards (1988), Elementary Linear Algebra, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Bruce H. Edwards (1991), Finite Mathematics, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Bruce H. Edwards (1991), Finite Mathematics with Calculus, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler (1992), Elementary Algebra, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler (1992), Intermediate Algebra, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler; Anne V. Munn (1992), College Algebra Concepts and Models, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (1993), College Algebra A Graphing Approach, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (1993), Algebra and Trigonometry A Graphing Approach, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler (1993), Precalculus A Graphing Approach, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Timothy D. KanoldTimothy KanoldDr. Timothy D. Kanold is a mathematics educator and author of textbooks. He was the president of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics from 2008 to 2009.Dr...
, Lee StiffLee StiffLee Vernon Stiff is an American mathematics education researcher, a professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education at North Carolina State University, and the author of several mathematics textbooks....
(1993), Algebra 1, D. C. Heath - Larson, Roland E.; Timothy D. Kanold, Lee Stiff (1993), Algebra 2, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Laurie Boswell, Lee Stiff (1994), Geometry, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler, Carolyn F. Neptune (1994), Intermediate Algebra Graphs and Functions, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler, Carolyn F. Neptune (1994), Algebra for College Students: Graphs and Functions, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (1995), Precalclulus with Limits: A Graphing Approach, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (1995), Calculus Early Transcendental Functions, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (1995), Trigonometry A Graphing Approach, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Laurie Boswell, Timothy D. Kanold, Lee Stiff (1996), Passport to Algebra and Geometry, D. C. Heath, McDougal Littell
- Larson, Roland E.; Laurie Boswell, Timothy D. Kanold, Lee Stiff (1996), Windows to Algebra and Geometry, D. C. Heath
- Larson, Roland E.; Laurie Boswell, Lee Stiff (1997), Passport to Mathematics Book 1, D. C. Heath, McDougal Littell
- Larson, Roland E.; Laurie Boswell, Lee Stiff (1997), Passport to Mathematics Book 2, D. C. Heath, McDougal Littell
- Larson, Ron; Betsy Farber (2000), Elementary Statistics Picturing the World, Prentice Hall
- Larson, Ron; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (2000), College Algebra: An Internet Approach, Houghton Mifflin
- Larson, Ron; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (2000), Precalculus: An Internet Approach, Houghton Mifflin
- Larson, Roland E.; Laurie Boswell, Timothy D. Kanold, Lee Stiff (2001), Mathematics Concepts and Skills Course 1, McDougal Littell
- Larson, Roland E.; Laurie Boswell, Timothy D. Kanold, Lee Stiff (2001), Mathematics Concepts and Skills Course 2, McDougal Littell
- Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell, Timothy D. Kanold, Lee Stiff (2001), Algebra 1 Concepts and Skills, McDougal Littell
- Larson, Ron; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (2002), Calculus 1 with Precalculus, Houghton Mifflin
- Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell, Lee Stiff (2003), Geometry Concepts and Skills, McDougal Littell
- Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell, Timothy Kanold, Lee Stiff (2004), Math Course 1, McDougal Littell
- Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell, Timothy Kanold, Lee Stiff (2004), Math Course 2, McDougal Littell
- Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell, Timothy Kanold, Lee Stiff (2004), Math Course 3, McDougal Littell
- Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell, Timothy Kanold, Lee Stiff (2005), Prealgebra, McDougal Littell
- Larson, Ron; Robert P. Hostetler (2005), Algebra for College Students, Houghton Mifflin
- Larson, Ron; Robert Hostetler, Anne V. Hodgkins (2006), College Algebra: A Concise Course, Houghton Mifflin
- Larson, Ron; Robert Hostetler (2007), Precalculus: A Concise Course, Houghton Mifflin
- Larson, Ron; Robert Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (2008), Essential Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions, Houghton Mifflin
- Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell, Timothy D. Kanold, Lee Stiff (2008), Algebra 2 Concepts and Skills, McDougal Littell
- Larson, Ron (2009), Applied Calculus for the Life and Social Sciences, Houghton Mifflin
- Larson, Ron (2009), Calculus An Applied Approach, Houghton Mifflin
- Larson, Ron; Anne V. Hodgkins (2009) College Algebra with Applications for Business and the Life Sciences, Houghton Mifflin
- Larson, Ron; Bruce H. Edwards (2010), Calculus, Cengage Learning
- Larson, Ron (2010) Elementary Algebra, Cengage Learning
- Larson, Ron (2010) Intermediate Algebra, Cengage Learning
- Larson, Ron; Anne V. Hodgkins (2010), College Algebra and Calclulus: An Applied Approach, Cengage Learning
- Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell (2010), Big Ideas Math 1, Big Ideas Learning
- Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell (2010), Big Ideas Math 2, Big Ideas Learning
- Larson, Ron; Laurie Boswell (2010), Big Ideas Math 3, Big Ideas Learning
- Larson, Ron (2013), Math & YOU: The Power & Use of Mathematics, andYOU.com
Translations
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (1995), Cálculo y Geometria Analitica, Vol I, McGraw Hill, ISBN 84-481-1768-9 (Spanish)
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (1995), Cálculo y Geometria Analitica, Vol II, McGraw Hill, ISBN 84-481-1769-7 (Spanish)
- Larson, Roland E.; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (1998), Cálculo com Applicações, LTC-Livros Técnicos e Ciêntificos, ISBN 85-216-1144-7 (Portuguese)
- Larson, Ron; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (2002), Cálculo y Geometria Analitica, Vol I, McGraw Hill, ISBN 84-481-1768-9 (Spanish)
- Larson, Ron; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (2002), Cálculo y Geometria Analitica, Vol II, McGraw Hill, ISBN 84-481-1769-7 (Spanish)
- Larson, Ron; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (2002), Calculus 微积分, Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 957-29080-4-9 (Chinese)
- Larson, Roland E; Bruce H. Edwards, David C. Falvo; (2004), Álgebra Lineal, Pirámide, ISBN 84-368-1878-4 (Spanish)
- Larson, Ron; Betsy Farber (2004), Estatísticas Applicada, Prentice Hall, ISBN 85-87918-59-1 (Portuguese)
- Larson, Ron; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (2005), Cálculo, Vol I, Pirámide, ISBN 84-368-1707-9 (Spanish)
- Larson, Ron; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (2005), Cálculo, Vol II, Pirámide, ISBN 84-368-1756-7 (Spanish)
- Larson, Ron; Bruce H. Edwards (2006), Calculus An Applied Approach 微积分一种应用的方法, Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 986-82003-1-8 (Chinese)
- Larson, Ron; Bruce H. Edwards (2006), Brief Calculus An Applied Approach 微积分一种应用的方法, Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 986-82003-2-6 (Chinese)
- Larson, Ron; Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards (2006), Calculus 微积分, Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 986-82003-3-4 (Chinese)
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- Larson, Ron; Bruce H. Edwards (2009), Matematicas II Cálculo Integral, McGraw Hill, ISBN 97-010-7290-1 (Spanish)
- Larson, Ron; Bruce H. Edwards (2009), Matematicas III Cálculo de Varias Variables, McGraw Hill, ISBN 97-010-7291-X (Spanish)
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