An Introduction to the History of Mathematics (Saunders Series)

This vintage best-seller by way of a widely 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 within which arithmetic built and developed. pictures 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 features Curriculum MHF4U, Revised 2007. positive factors & 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 full thought 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 publication examines 3 pairs of proofs of the theory from 3 assorted components of arithmetic: summary algebra, advanced research and topology. the 1st facts in every one pair in all fairness easy and relies in simple terms on what will be thought of basic arithmetic.