An Introduction to the History of Mathematics (Saunders Series)

This vintage best-seller through a well known writer introduces arithmetic background to math and math schooling majors. recommended essay subject matters and challenge stories problem scholars. CULTURAL CONNECTIONS sections clarify the time and tradition within which arithmetic built and developed. photographs of mathematicians and fabric on girls in arithmetic are of distinctive curiosity.

Nelson Advanced Functions: Teacher's Resource

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

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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 complete thought of irrational numbers.

The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

The basic theorem of algebra states that any advanced polynomial should have a posh root. This publication examines 3 pairs of proofs of the theory from 3 diverse components of arithmetic: summary algebra, advanced research and topology. the 1st evidence in every one pair is reasonably elementary and relies simply on what may be thought of user-friendly arithmetic.