Schaum's Outline of PreCalculus, 2nd Ed.

by Safier, Fred

• ISBN13: 9780071508643
• ISBN10: 0071508643
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-13
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

Schaum's has Satisfied Students for 50 Years.Now Schaum's Biggest Sellers are in New Editions!For half a century, more than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them study faster, learn better, and get top grades. Now Schaum's celebrates its 50th birthday with a brand-new look, a new format with hundreds of practice problems, and completely updated information to conform to the latest developments in every field of study.Schaum's Outlines-Problem SolvedMore than 100,000 sold!This book has been updated to reflect the latest course scope and sequence. Review problems have been added after key chapters as well as more supplementary practice problems. An informal level discussion of limits, continuity, and derivatives has also been added, as well as additional information on the algebra of the dot product, exponential form of complex numbers, and conic sections in polar coordinates-plus business applications such as average rate of change, price/demand and science applications, including projectiles.

Table of Contents

Schaum's Outline of Precalculus, 2ed

Preliminaries

Polynomials

Exponents

Rational and Radical Expressions

Linear and Non-Linear Equations

Linear and Non-Linear 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 Trignometric 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

The Binomial Theorem

Limits, Continuity, Derivatives

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