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Precalculus
Title:
Precalculus
Author:
Safier, Fred, author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Third edition.
Publication Information:
New York : McGraw-Hill, [2013]
Physical Description:
vi, 402 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Language:
English
Contents:
Preliminaries -- Polynomials -- Exponents -- Rational and radical expressions -- Linear and nonlinear equations -- Linear and nonlinear inequalities -- Absolute value in equations and inequalities -- Analytic geometry -- Functions -- Linear functions -- Transformations and graphs -- Quadratic functions -- Algebra of functions; inverse functions -- Polynomial functions -- Rational functions -- Algebraic functions; variation -- Exponential functions -- Logarithmic functions -- Exponential and logarithmic equations -- Trigonometric functions -- Graphs of trigonometric functions -- Angles -- Trigonometric identities and equations -- Sum, difference, multiple, and half-angle formulas -- Inverse trigonometric functions -- Triangles -- Vectors -- Polar coordinates; parametric equations -- Trigonometric form of complex numbers -- Systems of linear equations -- Gaussian and Gauss-Jordan elimination -- Partial fraction decomposition -- Non-linear systems of equations -- Introduction to matrix algebra -- Matrix multiplication and inverses -- Determinants and Cramer's rule -- Loci; parabolas -- Ellipses and hyperbolas -- Rotation of axes -- Conic sections -- Sequences and series -- The principle of mathematical induction -- Special sequences and series -- Binomial theorem -- Limits, continuity, derivatives.
ISBN:
9780071795593
Format :
Book