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Eric Schulz has been teaching mathematics at Walla Walla Community College since 1989 and began his work with Mathematica in 1992. He has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Seattle Pacific University, and a graduate degree in mathematics from the University of Washington. Eric loves working with students and is passionate about their success. His interest in innovative and effective uses of technology in teaching mathematics has remained strong throughout his career. He is the developer of the Basic Math Assistant, Classroom Assistant, and Writing Assistant palettes that ship in Mathematica worldwide. He is an author on multiple textbooks: Calculus titles with Briggs, Cochran, and Gillett, and a Precalculus title with Sachs and Briggs—where he writes, codes, and creates dynamic eTexts combining narrative, videos, and interactive figures using Mathematica and CDF technology.

Julianne Connell Sachs has undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Spanish, and a graduate degree in Mathematics from Western Washington University. She taught math and physics in Guatemala for one year before joining the faculty at Walla Walla Community College in 2001. Julianne teaches courses ranging from beginning algebra through differential equations at WWCC. Through active learning and the strategic use of technology, she strives to guide students toward a deeper understanding of mathematics.
After teaching at the University of California at San Diego and Clarkson University, William Briggs was on the mathematics faculty at the University of Colorado at Denver for twenty-three years. He received his BA in mathematics from the University of Colorado and his MS and PhD in applied mathematics from Harvard University. He taught undergraduate and graduate courses throughout the mathematics curriculum, with a special interest in mathematical modeling and differential equations as they apply to problems in the biosciences. He has written a series of calculus textbooks and a quantitative reasoning textbook, Using & Understanding Mathematics ; an undergraduate problem-solving book, Ants, Bikes, and Clocks ; and two tutorial monographs, The Multigrid Tutorial and The DFT: An Owner’s Manual for the Discrete Fourier Transform . He was the Vice President for Education of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), a University of Colorado President’s Teaching Scholar, a recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award of the Rocky Mountain Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), and the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Ireland.

1. Functions

1. Introduction to Functions

2. Graphs

3. Linear Functions

4. Combinations of Functions

5. Transformations of Functions

6. Families of Functions

7. Summary and Review Exercises

2. Polynomials and Rational Functions

1. Quadratic Functions

2. Polynomial Functions

3. Real Roots and Factors of Polynomial Functions

4. Complex Numbers

5. Complex Roots of Polynomial Functions

6. Rational Functions

7. Inequalities

8. Summary and Review Exercises

3. Exponentials and Logarithms

1. Exponential Functions

2. Inverse Functions

3. Logarithmic Functions

4. Logarithmic Identities

5. Solving Exponential and Logarithmic Equations

6. Summary and Review Exercises

4. Unit Circle Trigonometry

1. Angles and Their Measures

2. Unit Circle Definitions of Sine, Cosine, and Tangent

3. Sine, Cosine, and Tangent Functions

4. Secant, Cosecant, and Cotangent Functions

5. Inverse Trigonometric Functions

6. Summary and Review Exercises

5. Triangle Trigonometry

1. Right Triangle Trigonometry

2. Right Triangles and the Unit Circle

3. Law of Sines

4. Law of Cosines

5. Applications of Triangles

6. Summary and Review Exercises

6. Trigonometric Identities

1. Fundamental Identities

2. Sum, Difference, and Double-Angle Identities

3. Power-Reducing, Half-Angle, and Product-Sum Identities

4. Solving Trigonometric Equations

5. Summary and Review Exercises

7. Parametric and Polar Graphs

1. Parametric Equations

2. Polar Coordinates

3. Polar Graphs

4. Polar Form of Complex Numbers; DeMoivre's Theorem

5. Summary and Review Exercises

8. Conic Sections

1. Parabolas

2. Ellipses and Circles

3. Hyperbolas

4. Eccentricity and Polar Equations of Conic Sections

5. Summary and Review Exercises

9. Vectors

1. Vectors in Two Dimensions

2. Vectors in Three Dimensions

3. Dot Product

4. Cross Product

5. Summary and Review Exercises

10. Matrices and Systems of Equations

1. Systems of Equations and Inequalities

2. Matrices

3. Method of Partial Fractions

4. Summary and Review Exercises

Appendix A: Looking Forward to Calculus — Limits

Appendix B: Looking Forward to Calculus — Sequences and Series

Index

Figure Index

App. Index

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Precalculus eText with MyLab Math and Explorations & Notes -- 24-Month Access Card Package

Precalculus eText with MyLab Math and Explorations & Notes -- 24-Month Access Card Package

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