Algebra and Trigonometry - Hardcover

Sullivan, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0133701492 ISBN 13: 9780133701494

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1995

Synopsis

This text develops the trigonometric functions using a right triangle approach and showing how it leads to the unit circle approach. Graphing techniques are emphasized, including a discussion of polar co-ordinates, parametric equations, and conics using polar co-ordinates.

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About the Author

Michael Sullivan, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Chicago State University, received a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Mike taught at Chicago State for 35 years before recently retiring. He is a native of Chicago’s South Side and divides his time between a home in Oak Lawn IL and a condo in Naples FL.

 

Mike is a member of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America. He is a past president of the Text and Academic Authors Association and is currently Treasurer of its Foundation. He is a member of the TAA Council of Fellows and was awarded the TAA Mike Keedy award in 1997 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. In addition, he represents TAA on the Authors Coalition of America.

 

Mike has been writing textbooks for more than 35 years and currently has 15 books in print, twelve with Pearson Education. When not writing, he enjoys tennis, golf, gardening, and travel.

 

Mike has four children: Kathleen, who teaches college mathematics; Michael III, who also teaches college mathematics, and who is his coauthor on two precalculus series; Dan, who is a sales director for Pearson Education; and Colleen, who teaches middle-school and secondary school mathematics. Twelve grandchildren round out the family.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0133701492
• ISBN 13: 9780133701494
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 1040