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The Johns Hopkins Press. Baltimore, Md. 1961. 274 pages. First edition, first printing. Book is near fine. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Orange cloth is bright and clean. Vintage gift inscription on FFEP. Original, uncommon DJ shows multiple shallow edge chips; sunning to orange hue on DJ spine. The five-part treatment penned by physicist and former Dean of Johns Hopkins University, begins with geometry, defining three-dimensional Euclidean space and its axioms, the coordinate system and coordinate transformation, and matrices. A review of vector algebra covers vector properties, multiplication, the resolution of a vector along a complete set of base vectors, and vector transformations. Topics in analytic geometry introduce loci, straight lines, the plane, two-dimensional curves, and the quadratic form. Functions are defined, as are intervals, along with multiplicity, the slope at a point, continuity, and areas. The concluding chapter, on differential and integral calculus, explains the concept of a limit, the derivative, the integral, differential equations, and applications of the calculus to kinematics. Laid-in is a letter from a former student of Dr. Owen's, recommending the book, and presenting it to a friend, for Christmas. NF/VG with flaws noted. Seller Inventory # 003349
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