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bacte2013
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Dear Physics Forum personnel,
I wrote this email because I am seeking a recommendation on selecting the pre-calculus textbooks. I have been studying the real analysis and number theory, and I felt that I need to brush up the algebra, functions, trigonometry, and geometry. So I decided to purchase a pre-calculus textbook and study it for two weeks, and return back to the real analysis and number theory. The particular pre-calculus textbooks I have in my mind are:
Allendoerfer & Oakley: Fundamentals of Freshman Mathematics & Principles of Mathematics
Serge Lang: Basic Mathematics
George Simmons: Pre-Calculus Mathematics in a Nutshell
Israel Gelfand: Algebra, Trigonometry
John Stillwell: Numbers and Geometry
Richard Courant: What is Mathematics?
Which one of them will be good for self-studying and as intensive review? Unfortunately, I forgot majority of stuffs in pre-calculus topics (particularly the trigonometry and functions) so I am planning to study from scratch and with higher level than the typical high school-level courses. If you know other good books, please inform me too!
PK
I wrote this email because I am seeking a recommendation on selecting the pre-calculus textbooks. I have been studying the real analysis and number theory, and I felt that I need to brush up the algebra, functions, trigonometry, and geometry. So I decided to purchase a pre-calculus textbook and study it for two weeks, and return back to the real analysis and number theory. The particular pre-calculus textbooks I have in my mind are:
Allendoerfer & Oakley: Fundamentals of Freshman Mathematics & Principles of Mathematics
Serge Lang: Basic Mathematics
George Simmons: Pre-Calculus Mathematics in a Nutshell
Israel Gelfand: Algebra, Trigonometry
John Stillwell: Numbers and Geometry
Richard Courant: What is Mathematics?
Which one of them will be good for self-studying and as intensive review? Unfortunately, I forgot majority of stuffs in pre-calculus topics (particularly the trigonometry and functions) so I am planning to study from scratch and with higher level than the typical high school-level courses. If you know other good books, please inform me too!
PK