College Algebra (Alternate Edition), 1931

Document Type: Textbook (Technical).

Purpose: Training and Education.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope (from Preface): "This book is a flexible and distinctly modern text containing material for a rich course in algebra for college students who have had either two or three semesters of high school algebra. For a homogeneous group of students of any given preparation, there is an appropriate starting place in the book from which the group can proceed without digression through a unified course."

The Original Edition was rewritten to produce the Alternate Edition. Changes include a rewritting of the excercises, increased emphasis on applied math problems, an amplication of miscellaneous review exercises, and an arrangment of pages splitting each chapter into lesson units.

Contents (from Table of Contents): 1. Elementary Topics 2. Special Products and Factoring 3. Fractions 4. Linear Equations in One Unknown 5. Exponents 6. Radicals, Review of Chapters V and VI 7. Rectnagular Coordinates and Graphs of Linear Equations 8. Systems of Linear Equations in Two and Three Unknowns 9. Elements of Quadratic Equations 10. Advanced Topics in Quadratic Equations 11. Systems of Equations Involving Quadratics 12. Ratio and Proportion 13. The Language of Variation 14. Progressions 15. Mathematical Induction 16. The Binomial Theorem 17. Inequalities 18. Complex Numbers 19. Theory of Equations 20. Logarithms 21. Permutations and Combinations 22. Probability 23. Determinants 24. Partial Fractions 25. The Mathematics of Investment 26. Infinite Series Table 1. Powers and Roots Table 2. Trigonometric Functions Table 3. American Experience Table of Mortality Table 4. Compound Amount Table 5. Present Value Table 6. Amount of an Annuity Table 7. Present Value of an Annuity Index