Schaum's Outline of College Mathematics

Schaum's Outline of College Mathematics, 4th Revised edition--------------------------------------------------Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Fortunatelyfor you, there's Schaum's. More than 40 million students have trustedSchaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum'sis the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. EachOutline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow,topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems,and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum's Outline givesyou 1,600 fully solved problems Complete review of all course fundamentalsFully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights allthe important facts you need to know. Use Schaum's to shorten yourstudy time--and get your best test scores! Schaum's Outlines--ProblemSolved. Topics include: Elements of Algebra, Functions, Graphs ofFunctions, Linear Equations, Simultaneous Linear Equations, QuadraticFunctions and Equations, Inequalities, Locus of an Equation, The StraightLine, Families of Straight Lines, The Circle, Arithmetic and GeometricProgressions, Infinite Geometric Series, Mathematical Induction, TheBinomial Theorem, Permutations, Combinations, Probability, Determinantsof Order Two and Three, Determinants of Order, Systems of Linear Equations,Introduction to Transformational Geometry, Angles and Arc Length, TrigonometricFunctions of a General Angle, Trigonometric Functions of an Acute Angle,Reduction to Functions of Positive Acute Angles, Graphs of the TrigonometricFunctions, Fundamental Trigonometric Relations and Identities, TrigonometricFunctions of Two Angles, Sum, Difference, and Product TrigonometricFormulas, Oblique Triangles, Inverse Trigonometric Functions, TrigonometricEquations, Complex Numbers, The Conic Sections, Transformations ofCoordinate, Points in Space, Simultaneous Quadratic Equations, Logarithms,Power, Exponential, and Logarithmic Curves, Polynomial Equations, RationalRoots, Irrational Roots of Polynomial Equations, Graphs of Polynomials,Parametric Equations, The Derivative, Differentiation of AlgebraicExpressions, Applications of Derivatives, Integration, Infinite Sequences,Infinite Series, Power Series, Polar Coordinates, Introduction to theGraphing Calculator, The Number System of Algebra, and MathematicalModeling--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: The late Frank Ayres, Jr., Ph.D., was formerly aprofessor in and head of the Department of Mathematics at DickinsonCollege, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He is the author or coauthor of eightSchaum's Outlines, including Calculus, Trigonometry, Differential Equations,and Modern Abstract Algebra. Philip A. Schmidt, Ph.D., has a B.S.from Brooklyn College (with a major in mathematics), an M.A. in mathematics,and a Ph.D. in mathematics education from Syracuse University. Heis currently the program coordinator in mathematics and science educationat The Teachers College at Western Governors University in Salt LakeCity, Utah.