Published by Washington, D.C.: Mathematical Association of America, 1992, 1992
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
PAPERBACK, very good, heavy book as printed on glossy paper, top right corner slightly bumped. YOUNG, ROBERT M. Excursions in calculus: an interplay of the continuous and the discrete. Washington, D.C.: Mathematical Association of America, 1992, 2d printing number line ending in 2, xiv, 417pp., . Dolciani mathematical expositions no. 13. - CONTENTS: Infinite ascent, infinite descent : the principle of mathematical induction -- Patterns, polynomials, and primes : three applications of the binomial theorem -- Fibonacci numbers : function and form -- On the average -- Approximation : from Pi to the Prime Numer Theorem -- Infinite sums : a potpurri. 9780883853177 ISBN 0883853175.