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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xix, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781482246476
  • 1482246473
Other title:
  • Algebra and geometry
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 512 23
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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Book Book Dept. of Mathematics Processing Center Dept. of Mathematics 512 LAW.A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available MAT7330

"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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