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I used the book in three sections of college algebra at lorain. A casual glance through the table of contents of most of the major publishers college algebra books reveals nearly isomorphic content in both order and depth. Trigonometry, 3rd edition by carl stitz paperback lulu. County community college in the fall of 2009 and carls colleague, dr. Trigonometry home mathematics libguides at eastern. Our table of contents shows a different approach, one that might be labeled functions first. Other opensource books by carl stitz and jeff zeager are also available at their official website. Instead i went for precalculus by carl stitz and jeff zeager. Publication date 20704 topics maths, mathematics publisher on behalf of the author collection. Each book has been successfully used at a wide range of schools. The book is written in a manner that compliments a pursuit in mathematical knowledge and can become a very useful tool to have. Precalculuswhich book should i choose to revise precalculus. More than 2000 free ebooks to read or download in english for your computer, smartphone, ereader or tablet.
It is an ebook with no official hard copy published. Precalculus, is authored by carl stitz of lakeland community college and jeff zeager of lorain county community college, winners of the university system of ohio faculty innovation award. Precalculus college algebra trigonometry american inst. You can customize and schedule any of the assignments you want to use. A free digital copy of the text is available for download on blackboard. The second half of a two part series in precalculus, covering trigonometry. They also offer something i have not seen before with most free online texts a. You can be able to get this book entirely for free from the authors website. Precalculus textbook ebooks for all free ebooks download. Carl stitz is the author of college algebra and trigonometry 4. Carl stitz author of college algebra and trigonometry. Schools often distinguish between algebra and trigonometry as two separate parts of the coursework. The authors are instructors at large community colleges in ohio, and the book has now been adopted at several other locations. The transformations we will study fall into three broad categories.
Comments overall, the book is very formal in its definitions, which may be good for advanced high school students who will pursue degrees in math and science, but is likely beyond the level of college students taking precalculus. Zeager cowrote this college algebra textbook with the vision of creating a highquality. Preface this book is a modi ed version of the open source precalculus project initiated by carl stitz and je seager. Free online precalculus textbooks free textbook list. Precalculus open textbook library center for open education. This text takes a functions first approach, introducing the idea of a function early.
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We had written this text, not to be an encyclopedic reference text, but to be a concise, easytoread, studentfriendly approach to precalculus. To truly use the rule of four, that is, in order to discuss each new concept algebraically, graphically, numerically and verbally, it. The authors have an open forum and appear happy to answer questions from students and educators. Trigonometry by alfred monroe kenyon and louis ingold.
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