Schaum's Outline of Precalculus

by Safier, Fred

• ISBN13: 9780070572614
• ISBN10: 0070572615
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

If you want top grades and thorough understanding of precalculus, this powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have! It takes you step-by-step through the subject and gives you more than 600 accompanying related problems with fully worked solutions. You also get plenty of practice problems to do on your own, working at your own speed. (Answers provided to show you how you're doing.) Famous for their clarity, wealth of illustrations and examples, and lack of dreary minutiae, Schaum's Outlines have sold more than 30 million copies worldwideshy;shy;and this guide will show you why!

Table of Contents

Polynomials.Exponents.Rational and Radical Expresions.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.Polynomial Functions.Rational Functions.Algebraic Functions; Variations.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.The Binomial Theorem.