Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus

Formulated for students of Algebra 3 as well as students looking to develop a solid groundwork for business mathematics, the sixth edition of Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus by James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, and Saleem Watson is a comprehensive workbook on foundational mathematics that provides learners and instructors a more advanced approach to algebra. This nearly 900-page material combines trigonometry and algebra in a straightforward manual designed to provide reviews of equations and functions, as well as complex numbers, quadratics, conics, factoring, and multivariable polynomials. Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus (ISBN 9780840068071) simplifies difficult topics such as mathematical modeling and problem solving in the first chapters, helping students develop a more reliable foundation for advanced math. The latter chapters discuss irrational roots, sequences and series, identities and induction, binomial coefficients, exponents, logarithms, and functional equations. Each section in Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus caps off with a cumulative review test and a focus on modeling, giving readers a closer look at various topics including vector fields, fitting exponential and power curves to data, and conics in architecture. By the end of this book, students are expected to have developed better mathematical skills for required to progress to calculus, where they need to solve mathematical problems dealing properties of integrals and derivatives using methods based on infinitesimal differences and summation. James Stewart and fellow best-selling authors, Lothar Redlin and Saleem Watson use practical examples and exercises in varying levels of difficulty to cater to both advanced high school learners as well as university students.