Schaum's outline of college mathematics, fourth edition, paperback/philip schmidt

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Topics include: Elements of Algebra; Functions; Graphs of Functions; Linear Equations; Simultaneous Linear Equations; Quadratic Functions and Equations; Inequalities; Locus of an Equation; The Straight Line; Families of Straight Lines; The Circle; Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions; Infinite Geometric Series; Mathematical Induction; The Binomial Theorem; Permutations; Combinations; Probability; Determinants of Order Two and Three; Determinants of Order; Systems of Linear Equations; Introduction to Transformational Geometry; Angles and Arc Length; Trigonometric Functions of a General Angle; Trigonometric Functions of an Acute Angle; Reduction to Functions of Positive Acute Angles; Graphs of the Trigonometric Functions; Fundamental Trigonometric Relations and Identities; Trigonometric Functions of Two Angles; Sum, Difference, and Product Trigonometric Formulas; Oblique Triangles; Inverse Trigonometric Functions; Trigonometric Equations; Complex Numbers; The Conic Sections; Transformations of Coordinate; Points in Space; Simultaneous Quadratic Equations; Logarithms; Power, Exponential, and Logarithmic Curves; Polynomial Equations, Rational Roots; Irrational Roots of Polynomial Equations; Graphs of Polynomials; Parametric Equations; The Derivative; Differentiation of Algebraic Expressions; Applications of Derivatives; Integration; Infinite Sequences; Infinite Series; Power Series; Polar Coordinates; Introduction to the Graphing Calculator; The Number System of Algebra; and Mathematical Modeling About the Author: The late Frank Ayres, Jr.

, was formerly a professor in and head of the Department of Mathematics at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

He is the author or coauthor of eight Schaums Outlines, including Calculus, Trigonometry, Differential Equations, and Modern Abstract Algebra.

Philip A.

Schmidt, Ph.

, has a B.

from Brooklyn College (with a major in mathematics), an M.

in mathematics, and a Ph.

in mathematics education from Syracuse University.

He is currently the program coordinator in mathematics and science education at The Teachers College at Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, Utah.