A survey of the basic results and methods of analytic geometry, including a detailed study of analytic properties of the straight line, the circle, the conic sections. Vector methods are introduced and used when appropriate. The derivative is previewed. Provides a transition to calculus. A four hour course in analytic geometry and calculus.
Emphasis is placed on the notion of limit and of limiting processes.
The derivative and the integral are defined and applications are studied. Topics covered include functions, limits and continuity, derivatives, conic sections, and the integral. A basic course in business mathematics emphasizing mathematical skills needed in business. Provides the content and teaching methods to aid the Early and Middle Education student with problem solving techniques, the theory of sets, properties and operations of the whole number system, integers, and inequalities. Provides the content and teaching methods to aid the Early and Middle Education student with properties and operations of rational numbers, as fractions and decimals and percents, the introduction of probability and statistics.