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Functions, data and models : an applied approach to college algebra / Sheldon P. Gordon and Florence S. Gordon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gordon, Sheldon P.
- Series:
- MAA Textbooks
- MAA textbooks
- AMS/MAA Textbooks, 2577-1213 ; v. 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Algebra--Textbooks.
- Algebra.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (509 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a college algebra-level textbook written to provide the kind of mathematical knowledge and experiences that students will need for courses in other fields, such as biology, chemistry, business, finance, economics, and other areas that are heavily dependent on data either from laboratory experiments or from other studies. The focus is on the fundamental mathematical concepts and the realistic problem-solving via mathematical modeling rather than the development of algebraic skills that might be needed in calculus.Functions, Data, and Models presents college algebra in a way that differs from almost all college algebra books available today. Rather than going over material covered in high school courses the Gordons teach something new. Students are given an introduction to data analysis and mathematical modeling presented at a level that students with limited algebraic skills can understand. The book contains a rich set of exercises, many of which use real data. Also included are thought experiments or what if questions that are meant to stretch the student's mathematical thinking.
- Contents:
- Data everywhere
- Functions everywhere
- Linear functions
- More about linear functions
- Families of nonlinear functions
- Polynomial functions
- Extended families of functions
- Modeling periodic phenomena.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781614446095
- 1614446091
- OCLC:
- 811563647
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