Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Introductory Mathematical Analysis
The present course is the result of several years of study and trial in the classroom in an effort to make an introduction to college mathematics more effective, rational and better suited to its place in a scheme of education under modern conditions of life. A broader field has been attempted than is customary in books of its class. This is made possible by certain principles which controlled the construction of the text.
One principle on which the course is built is correlation by topics. For example, all methods of calculation have been associated in one chapter and early in the course in order to be available for use in the sequel.
The function idea has also been emphasized and used as a means of correlation.
Brevity and directness of treatment have contributed to reduce the size of the book.
An effort has been made to keep in view of the student the steps in the development of the subject and to point out useful contacts of mathematics with affairs.
The first two chapters are intended to be used for review and reference at the discretion of the instructor.
Graphic representation and its uses have been given considerable attention. The simple cases of determining empirical formulae give a very valuable drill in the solution of simultaneous equations and a foundation for later work in the laboratory.
The treatment of the trigonometric functions is brief, direct and in some respects more advanced in style than is customary in current texts in trigonometry which are constructed mostly from the secondary school standpoint.
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