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Paperback. Condición: Fair. First Edition 1st Printing. With Answer Leaflet Laid In; Previous Owner Markings (Including Name Neatly Inked to Front Free Endpaper, Answer Leaflet); Repaired; Loose Pages, Hinges, and Joints; Moderately Scuffed on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers Moderately Chipped; Spine Heavily Chipped (Portions of Backstrip Missing); Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; (Chapter 1) Vectors in Physics. (Chapter 2) Geometric Vectors. (Chapter 3) Groups, Rings and Fields. (Chapter 4) Analytic Vectors, Equations of Lines and Planes. (Chapter 5) Systems of Linear Equations. (Chapter 6) Matrices and Linear Transformations. (Chapter 7) Complex Numbers and Polar Co-ordinates. Answers to Vectors & Matrices (Laid In). EXCERPT: PREFACE .We attempt in these texts to introduce the student to topics that are vital to an understanding of more advanced mathematics. A basic concept is that of function. In Volume I many facets of this concept are discussed. We also cover in this and the other volumes such topics as sets, logic, combinatorial analysis, finite probability, differential calculus, vectors, matrices and complex numbers. It should not be thought that we are presenting advanced material in any of these topics. In all cases we are dealing only with the most elementary aspects of the subject. In this series we hope that the varied needs of different students will be satisfied. Each of the four books is virtually independent of the others. We say virtually independent, since at the very least a grasp of the notion of function as it is developed in the early sections of Volume I is required for an intelligent appreciation of the other volumes. Thus each book could be the basis for a separate course. The exercises at the end of each section are graded from easy to difficult. In the latter exercises we sometimes assume results or procedures that are discussed in other books of the series. The student who has mastered the contents of these four books has laid a firm foundation for advanced work in many aspects of mathematics. We have also attempted to explain in sufficient detail those aspects of the subject that beginners usually find difficult. We have kept in mind that mathematics is more than just the formal manipulation of symbols. Thus we have endeavoured to motivate the student in order to build up his mathematical intuition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.