Algebra & geometry : an introduction to university mathematics / Mark V. Lawson, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.

By: Lawson, Mark V [author.]
Language: English Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xix, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781482246476; 1482246473Other title: Algebra and geometrySubject(s): Algebra | Geometry | Mathematics | Algebra | Geometry | MathematicsDDC classification: 512 LOC classification: QA152.3 | .L39 2016
Contents:
Ideas. The nature of mathematics ; Proofs ; Foundations ; Algebra redux -- Theories . Number theory ; Complex numbers ; Polynomials ; Matrices ; Vectors ; The principal axes theorem.
Summary: "Algebra & Geometry: An Introduction to University Mathematics provides a bridge between high school and undergraduate mathematics courses on algebra and geometry. The author shows how mathematics is more than a collection of methods by presenting important ideas and their historical origins throughout the text. He incorporates a hands-on approach to proofs and connects algebra and geometry to various applications."-- Page 4 of cover.
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"A Chapman & Hall book."

Includes bibliographical references (page 347-353) and index.

Ideas. The nature of mathematics ; Proofs ; Foundations ; Algebra redux -- Theories . Number theory ; Complex numbers ; Polynomials ; Matrices ; Vectors ; The principal axes theorem.

"Algebra & Geometry: An Introduction to University Mathematics provides a bridge between high school and undergraduate mathematics courses on algebra and geometry. The author shows how mathematics is more than a collection of methods by presenting important ideas and their historical origins throughout the text. He incorporates a hands-on approach to proofs and connects algebra and geometry to various applications."-- Page 4 of cover.

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