Precalculus

by J. Douglas Faires, James DeFranza

Precalculus presents the course as it was intended to be taught, providing students with an integrated review of algebra and trigonometry while focusing on essential calculus concepts. Faires and DeFranza wrote this book because they believe students too often leave a precalculus class unprepared to go on to calculus. Although students who complete a precalculus course generally have had plenty of algebra and trigonometry review, they often lack the grounding in analysis and graphing necessary to make the transition to calculus. Faires and DeFranza's PRECALCULUS concentrates on teaching the essentials of what a student needs to fulfill their precalculus requirement and to fully prepare them to succeed in calculus. This streamlined text provides all the mathematics that students need--it doesn't bog them down in review, or overwhelm them with too much, too soon. And the authors have been careful to keep this book, unlike many of the precalculus books on the market, at a length that can be covered in one term.

Genres: Mathematics

448 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Faires earned a bachelor’s degree from YSU in 1963 and returned in 1969 to join the mathematics faculty, retiring in 2006.

He received numerous honors, including five YSU Distinguished Faculty awards and an Honorary Doctor of Science from YSU. He was a driving force behind the establishment of the YSU Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics.

Reviews

[Mark Rodrigue · Rating 5 out of 5]

The basis of this particular book is highlighting the infrastructure of applied precalculus topics for evaluation and analysis. The writing is both fluid and appealing to me personally. I genuinely like the text for it's completeness and accuracy. The two have written another fine work about an interesting topic, and have both influenced me personally to move on to my Calculus text as well. I studied both at the University level, and I must say both were challenging to me, for good reason. For that, I am grateful to have passed both, and I have two degrees to show for it as well. Fine building text to other things academic, perhaps.

[Lindasantoro Santoro · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've never tried to learn math from a book before. Now I have no choice. My instructor is just NOT helping!