An Introduction to the History of Mathematics (Saunders Series)

This vintage best-seller by way of a well known writer introduces arithmetic heritage to math and math schooling majors. prompt essay issues and challenge reviews problem scholars. CULTURAL CONNECTIONS sections clarify the time and tradition during which arithmetic constructed and developed. photos of mathematicians and fabric on ladies in arithmetic are of precise curiosity.

Nelson Advanced Functions: Teacher's Resource

Built for the ON Grade 12 complicated capabilities Curriculum MHF4U, Revised 2007. good points & advantages include:

• complete, digital model of the coed textual content on CD, in PDF format
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• Getting all started, together with assessment of key vocabulary, key innovations, and understandings
• Mid-Chapter and bankruptcy stories with commonly asked Questions
• a number of solved examples with reasons combine the mathematical process
• big choice of perform questions steadily expanding in difficulty
• pattern fulfillment Chart classification questions pointed out in each lesson
• precis of Key rules and ideas in each lesson
• expertise aid comprises: TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus, The Geometer's Sketchpad®, Spreadsheets, TI-Nspire CAS Handhelds
• loose on-line entry to applets and different useful eTools that convey the maths to lifestyles

The Square Root of 2: A Dialogue Concerning a Number and a Sequence

An elegantly dramatized and illustrated conversation at the sq. root of 2 and the total notion of irrational numbers.

The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

The elemental theorem of algebra states that any complicated polynomial should have a fancy root. This e-book examines 3 pairs of proofs of the concept from 3 varied parts of arithmetic: summary algebra, advanced research and topology. the 1st facts in every one pair within reason uncomplicated and relies in simple terms on what should be thought of easy arithmetic.