Fundamentals of Scientific Mathematics - Couverture souple

Owen, George E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486428087 ISBN 13 : 9780486428086

Editeur : Dover Publications, 2012

Synopsis

"For high school seniors or college freshmen with a background in algebra and trigonometry, the book should provide a good introduction to matrices, vector algebra, analytical geometry, and calculus. The work's solid modern mathematical content and its personality recommend consideration as a text or as stimulating supplementary reading". - American Scientist "The book is well written and the presentation throughout achieves clarity of thought with a minimum of computational effort". - Physics Today This rewarding text, beautifully illustrated by the author and written with superb clarity, offers undergraduate students a solid mathematical background and functions equally well for independent study. The five-part treatment begins with geometry, defining three-dimensional Euclidean space and its axioms, the coordinate system and coordinate transformation, and matrices. A review of vector algebra covers vector properties, multiplication, the resolution of a vector along a complete set of base vectors, and vector transformations. Topics in analytic geometry introduce loci, straight lines, the plane, two-dimensional curves, and the quadratic form. Functions are defined, as are intervals, along with multiplicity, the slope at a point, continuity, and areas. The concluding chapter, on differential and integral calculus, explains the concept of a limit, the derivative, the integral, differential equations, and applications of the calculus to kinematics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0486428087
• ISBN 13: 9780486428086
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible