Analytic Trigonometry With Applications - Hardcover

Barnett, Raymond A.; Ziegler, Michael R.; Byleen, Karl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534358381 ISBN 13: 9780534358389

Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co, 1998

Synopsis

Learning trigonometry concepts can be a difficult and frustrating process. The tenth edition of this successful book helps readers gain a strong understanding of these concepts by discovering how trigonometry is relevant in their lives through rich applications. It follows a right triangle–first approach and is graphing optional. Readers will find new and updated applications as well as additional exercises and solutions. Greater emphasis is also placed on relevant applications more than other books in the field. All of this will help readers comprehend and retain the material.

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About the Author

Raymond A. Barnett, a native of and educated in California, received his B.A. in mathematical statistics from the University of California at Berkeley and his M.A. in mathematics from the University of Southern California. He has been a member of the Merritt College Mathematics Department, and was chairman of the department for four years. Associated with four different publishers, Raymond Barnett has authored or co–authored eighteen textbooks in mathematics, most of which are still in use. In addition to international English editions, a number of books have been translated into Spanish. Co–authors include Michael Ziegler, Marquette University; Thomas Kearns, Northern Kentucky University; Charles Burke, City College of San Francisco; John Fujii, Merritt College, and Karl Byleen, Marquette University.

Michael R. Ziegler received his B.S. from Shippensburg State College and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Delaware. After completing postdoctoral work at the University of Kentucky, he was appointed to the faculty of Marquette University where he currently holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science. Dr. Ziegler has published over a dozen research articles in complex analysis and has co–authored over a dozen undergraduate mathematics textbooks with Raymond Barnett and Karl Byleen.

Karl E. Byleen received the B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from the University of Nebraska. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science of Marquette University. He has published a dozen research articles on the algebraic theory of semigroups.

Synopsis

A new edition of a trigonometry textbook. Chapters cover identities, graphing functions, trigonometric equations and inequalities, triangles and vectors, and polar coordinates. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534358381
• ISBN 13: 9780534358389
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 477