College algebra /
Roland E. Larson, Robert P. Hostetler ; with the assistance of David E. Heyd.
- 6th edition
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2004.
- xxv,(various pagings) : col.ill. ; 26 cm.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER P: PREREQUISITIES real numbers exponents and radicals polynomials and special products factoring etc.
CHAPTER 1: EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES Graphs and graphing utilities linear equations e.tc
CHAPTER 2: FUNCTIONS AND THEIR GRAPHS lines in the plane and slope functions analysing graphs of functions e.tc
CHAPTER 3: ZEROS OF POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS quadratic functions polynomial functions of higher degree polynomial and synthetic division e.tc
CHAPTER 4: RATIONAL FUNCTIONS AND CONICS rational functions and asymptotes graphs of rational functions e.tc
CHAPTER 5: EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS exponential functions and their graphs logarithmic functions and their graphs properties of logarithms e.tc
CHAPTER 6: SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES solving systems of equations two-variable linear systems e.tc
CHAPTER 7: MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS matrices and systems of equations operations with matrices etc.
CHAPTER 8: SEQUENCES AND PROBABILITY sequences and summation notation arithmetic sequences e.tc