Overview
Main description
An ideal course text or supplement for the many underprepared students enrolled in the required freshman college math course, this revision of the highly successful outline (more than 348,000 copies sold to date) has been updated to reflect the many recent changes in the curriculum. Based on Schaum's critically acclaimed pedagogy of concise theory illustrated by solved problems, Schaum's Outline of College Mathematics features:
- Mathematical modeling throughout
- Modernized graphs
- Graphing and scientific calculator coverage
- More than 1,500 fully solved problems
- Another 1,500 supplementary problems
- And much more
Table of contents
Elements of AlgebraFunctionsGraphs of FunctionsLinear Equations Simultaneous Linear EquationsQuadratic Functions and EquationsInequalitiesLocus of an Equation The Straight LineFamilies of Straight Lines The CircleArithmetic and Geometric Progressions Infinite Geometric Series Mathematical Induction The Binomial Theorem Permutations Combinations Probability Determinants of Order Two and ThreeDeterminants of Order nSystems of Linear EquationsIntroduction to Transformational GeometryAngles and Arc LengthTrigonometric Functions of a General AngleTrigonometric Functions of an Acute AngleReduction to Functions of Positive Acute AnglesGraphs of the Trigonometric FunctionsFundamental Trigonometric Relations and IdentitiesTrigonometric Functions of Two AnglesSum, Difference, and Product Trigonometric FormulasOblique TrianglesInverse Trigonometric FunctionsTrigonometric EquationsComplex NumbersThe Conic Sections Transformations of CoordinatePoints in SpaceSimultaneous Quadratic EquationsLogarithmsPower, Exponential, and Logarithmic CurvesPolynomial Equations, Rational RootsIrrational Roots of Polynomial Equations Graphs of PolynomialsParametric EquationsThe Derivative Differentiation of Algebraic Expressions Applications of DerivativesIntegration Infinite SequencesInfinite SeriesPower SeriesPolar CoordinatesIntroduction to the Graphing CalculatorThe Number System of AlgebraMathematical Modeling
Author comments
Philip Schmidt, Ph.D. was the associate provost of Berea College, with the academic rank of professor of mathematics. He is the author of several Schaum's Outline titles.
Back cover copy
- Perfect for high-school seniors and college freshman
- Covers the fundamentals of basic college mathematics
- Reflects the newest curriculum
- Over 1500 solved problems
Use with these courses:
- College Algebra
- Trigonometry
- Discrete Mathematics
- Pre-Calculus
- Calculus
- Introduction to Mathematic Modeling
SCHAUM'S OUTLINES
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Inside, you will find:
- Complete coverage of the basics in Algebra, Trigonometry, Discrete Mathematics, and Calculus
- Practical usage of mathematical modeling
- Introduction to the graphing and scientific calculators
- Over 1500 fully solved problems, and 1500 additional practice problems
- Easy-to-understand language perfect for test review!
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Advanced Calculus, 2nd Ed.
Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists
Basic Mathematics for Electricity and Electronics, 2nd Ed.
Basic Mathematics with Applications to Science and Technology, 2nd Ed.
Beginning Calculus, 2nd Ed.
Beginning Linear Algebra
Beginning Statistics
Boolean Algebra and Switching Circuits
Calculus, 4th Ed.
Calculus of Finite Differences and Difference Equations
College Algebra, 2nd Ed.
Combinatorics
Complex Variables
Differential Equations, 2nd Ed.
Differential Geometry
Discrete Mathematics, 2nd Ed.
Elementary Algebra, 2nd Ed.
Elements of Statistics I: Descriptive Statistics and Probability
Elements of Statistics II: Inferential Statistics
Finite Mathematics, 2nd Ed.
Fourier Analysis
General Topology
Geometry, 3rd Ed.
Graph Theory
Group Theory
Intermediate Algebra
Introduction to Mathematical Economics, 3rd ed.
Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Laplace Transformers
Linear Algebra, 3rd Ed.
Mathematical Handbook of Formulas and Tables, 2nd Ed.
Mathematical Methods for Business and Economics
Matrix Operations
Modern Abstract Algebra
Numerical Analysis, 2nd Ed.
Partial Differential Equations
Precalculus
Probability and Statistics, 2nd Ed.
Review of Elementary Mathematics, 2nd Ed.
Set Theory and Related Topics, 2nd Ed.
Statistics, 3rd Ed.
Tensor Calculus
Trigonometry, 3rd Ed.
Vector Analysis
Understanding Calculus Concepts
