Analytic Geometry by Gordon Fuller

Gordon Fuller, "Analytic Geometry"

ADDISON-WESLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY | ISBN: 0201222299 | Pages: 219 | PDF | 7.7 Mb

In recent years there has been a marked tendency in college mathematics programs toward an earlier and more intensive use of the methods of calculus. This change is made in response to the fact that college students are faced with more and more applications of mathematics in engineering, physics, chemistry, and other fields. There is a pressing need for a working knowledge of calculus as early as possible. Consequently many teachers are making a close scrutiny of the traditional topics of freshman mathematics. This is done in an effort to determine the material and emphasis which will lay the best foundation for the study of calculus. In the light of present needs, this analytic geometry is planned primarily as a preparation for calculus. With this end in mind, a few of the usual topics are not included and certain others are treated with brevity. The omitted material, consisting of an appreciable amount of the geometry of circles and a number of minor items, is not essential to the study of calculus. The time saved by cutting traditional material provides opportunity for emphasizing the necessary basic principles and for introducing new concepts which point more directly toward the calculus.