Precalculus: Functions and Graphs

Dugopolski, Mark

ISBN 10: 0321237501 / ISBN 13: 9780321237507

Published by Addison Wesley, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Precalculus: Functions and Graphs

Publisher: Addison Wesley

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 2nd Edition.

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Synopsis:

With faster pacing and less review, this is the perfect text for those students in precalculus who are going on to calculus-clarity without compromise. A hallmark of this text is its focus on problem solving. Students are provided with numerous opportunities to reason and think their way through various problems. The author's goal is to get the students to see that the mathematics in this book is interesting, useful, and worth studying. Emphasis is placed on using graphic, numeric, and analytic points of view in discussing and in solving problems throughout the text.

About the Author:

Mark Dugopolski was born in Menominee, Michigan. After receiving a B.S. from Michigan State University, he taught high school for four years, and then went on to receive an M.S. in mathematics from Northern Illinois University. He also received a Ph.D. in the area of topology from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Mark has been teaching at Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond, LA, ever since.

Mark has been writing textbooks for about fifteen years. He is married and has two daughters, and enjoys playing tennis, jogging, and riding his bicycle in his spare time. Despite the presence of sailboats both on and in his precalculus textbooks, Mark does not sail-- it's his passion for showing students how mathematics is used in the real world that led him to the world of sailing.