Learning trigonometry concepts can be a difficult and frustrating process. The tenth edition of this successful book helps readers gain a strong understanding of these concepts by discovering how trigonometry is relevant in their lives through rich applications. It follows a right triangle–first approach and is graphing optional. Readers will find new and updated applications as well as additional exercises and solutions. Greater emphasis is also placed on relevant applications more than other books in the field. All of this will help readers comprehend and retain the material.
Glen Van Brummelen tells the story of trigonometry as it evolved from an instrument for understanding the heavens to a practical tool, used in fields such as surveying and navigation.
On this paper and Euler's subsequent work on this topic, see [Golland/ Golland 1993]; see also [Ferraro 2007a, ... [Sandifer 2007c], [Demidov 2005], [Ferraro 2004], and [Ferzola 1994]. tween Euler and modern university calculus is his ...
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The book traces trigonometry's development into a full-fledged mathematical discipline in India and Islam; explores its applications to such areas as geography and seafaring navigation in the European Middle Ages and Renaissance; and shows ...
New to this edition: The second edition has been comprehensively revised over three years Errors have been corrected and some proofs marginally improved The substantial difference is that Chapter 11 has been significantly extended, ...
Modern Algebra and Trigonometry: Structure and Method
Modern Algebra and Trigonometry