Format:
Online-Ressource (X, 229p. 185 illus, online resource)
ISBN:
9781461201496
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Content:
Trigonometry, a work in the collection of the Gelfand School Program, is the result of a collaboration between two experienced pre-college teachers, one of whom, I.M. Gelfand, is considered to be among our most distinguished living mathematicians. His impact on generations of young people, some now mathematicians of renown, continues to be remarkable. Trigonometry covers all the basics of the subject through beautiful illustrations and examples. The definitions of the trigonometric functions are geometrically motivated. Geometric relationships are rewritten in trigonometric form and extended. The text then makes a transition to the study of algebraic and analytic properties of trigonometric functions, in a way that provides a solid foundation for more advanced mathematical discussions. Throughout, the treatment stimulates the reader to think of mathematics as a unified subject. Like other I.M. Gelfand treasures in the program-Algebra, Functions and Graphs, and The Method of Coordinates-Trigonometry is written in an engaging style, and approaches the material in a unique fashion that will motivate students and teachers alike. From a review of Algebra, I.M. Gelfand and A. Shen, ISBN 0-8176-3677-3: "The idea behind teaching is to expect students to learn why things are true, rather than have them memorize ways of solving a few problems, as most of our books have done. [This] same philosophy lies behind the current text by Gel'fand and Shen. There are specific 'practical' problems but there is much more development of the ideas.. [The authors] have shown how to write a serious yet lively book on algebra." -R. Askey, The American Mathematics Monthly
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817639143
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Gelʹfand, Izrailʹ M., 1913 - 2009 Trigonometry Boston : Birkhäuser, 2001 ISBN 9780817639143
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0817639144
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3764339144
Language:
English
Subjects:
Mathematics
Keywords:
Trigonometrie
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4612-0149-6
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Author information:
Gelʹfand, Izrailʹ M. 1913-2009
