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Book jacket
BOOK
Author Swokowski, Earl

Title Fundamentals of trigonometry

Publisher USA Brooks Cole 1998

LOCATION CLASS NO. STATUS
 Main Stack Thurles  516.24 COL    AVAILABLE
Edition 9th ed
Descript 500p., 248 x 222mm, Indexes, hardback
Note This text helps students learn, understand, and appreciate trigonometry without compromising mathematical integrity. The book takes a unit-circle approach to trigonometry and incorporates use of the graphing calculator.
Contents Topics from algebra: Real Numbers. Rectangular Coordinate Systems and Graphs. Functions. Graphs of Functions. Chapter 1 Review Exercises. The trigonometric functions: Angles. The Trigonometric Functions. Graphs on the Trigonometric Functions. Trigonometric Functions of Angles. Values of the Trigonometric Functions. Trigonometric Graphs. Applied Problems. Chapter 2 Review Exercises. Chapter 2 Discussion Exercises. Analytic geometry: Verifying Trigonometric Identities. Trigonometric Equations. The Addition and Subtraction Formulas. Multiple-Angle Formulas. Product-to-Sum and Sum-to-Product Formulas. The Inverse Trigonometric Functions. Chapter 3 Review Exercises. Chapter 3 Discussion Exercises. Applications of trigonometry: The Law of Sines. The Law of Cosines. Trigonometric Form for Complex Numbers. De Moivre's Theorem and nth Roots of Complex Numbers. Vectors. The Dot Product. Chapter 4 Review Exercises. Chapter 4 Discussion Exercises. Exponential and logarithmic functions: Exponential Functions. The Natural Exponential Function. Logarithmic Functions. Properties of Logarithms. Exponential and Logarithmic Equations. Chapter 5 Review Exercises. Chapter 5 Discussion Exercises. Topics from analytic geometry: Parabolas. Ellipses. Hyperbolas. Plane Curves and Parametric Equations. Polar Coordinates. Polar Equations of Conics. Chapter 6 Review Exercises. Chapter 6 Discussion Exercises. Appendixes: using a ti-82/83 graphing calculator common graphs and their equations. a summary of graph transformations. graphs of trigonometric functions and their inverses. complex numbers. answers to selected exercises.
ISBN 0534361285