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Math Guide

Books

Title Author Call# Book Cover
Precalculus Blitzer, Robert QA 154.3 .B586 2018 Precalculus
Algebra & Trigonometry Hebden, James A. QD 31.2 .H438 1998 Algebra & Trigonometry
Applied Calculus for Business, Economics, and the Social and Life Sciences Hoffmann, Laurence D. QA 303.2 .H64 2010 Applied Calculus for Business, Economics, and the Social and Life Sciences
Linear Algebra and its Applications Lay, David C. QA 184.2 .L293 2012 Linear Algebra and its Applications
The Blind Watchmaker Dawkins, Richard. QH 366.2 .D37 1987 The Blind Watchmaker
Elementary Linear Algebra Venit, Stewart QA 184.2 .V465 2008 Elementary Linear Algebra
Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals Stewart, James QA 303.2 .S749 2012 Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals
Single Variable Calculus: Concepts and Contexts Stewart, James QA 303.2 .S73 2016 Single Variable Calculus: Concepts and Contexts
Multivariable Calculus Stewart, James QA 303.2 .S735 2012 Multivariable Calculus

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E-Books

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Handbooks

These handbooks provide easy to digest information about topics covered within Math.

Math Dictionary: The Easy, Simple, Fun Guide to Help Math Phobics Become Math Lovers (2006) by Eula Ewing Monroe

From abacus to zero property of multiplication, this reference guide for students contains more than five hundred common mathematical terms. Written in simple language and illustrated with hundreds of photographs and drawings, Math Dictionary takes the mystery out of math. It can be found in library under call number QA 5 .M575 2006.

A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (2014) by Barbara Oakley

Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. It can be found in library under call number QA 11.2 .O23 2014.

Keywords

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Sample search: (Graph OR Graphing) AND Linear equations

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Resources

Open access resources are resources that are available to everyone for free online. Links here will lead to sites where you can download textbooks or access journals related to Math.

Prealgebra by Lynn Marecek

Prealgebra is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for a one-semester prealgebra course. The text introduces the fundamental concepts of algebra while addressing the needs of students with diverse backgrounds and learning styles.

Elementary Algebra by Lynn Marecek

Elementary Algebra is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a one-semester elementary algebra course.

Algebra & Trigonometry by Jay Abramson

Algebra & Trigonometry provides a comprehensive exploration of algebraic principles and meets scope and sequence requirements for a typical introductory algebra and trigonometry course.

Organic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis by Timothy Soderberg

A First Course in Linear Algebra is for science and engineering students who have an understanding of basic algebra.

A First Course in Linear Algebra by Ken Kuttler

Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry is a textbook focusing on the study of the synthesis, reactions, structures and properties of compounds of the elements.

Calculus: Volume 1 by Gilbert Strang

Calculus: Volume 1 guides students through the core concepts of calculus and helps them understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them. Volume 1 covers functions, limits, derivatives, and integration.

Calculus: Volume 2 by Gilbert Strang

Calculus: Volume 2 guides students through the core concepts of calculus and helps them understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them. Volume 2 covers integration, differential equations, sequences and series, and parametric equations and polar coordinates.

Calculus: Volume 3 by Gilbert Strang

Calculus: Volume 3 guides students through the core concepts of calculus and helps them understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them. Volume 3 covers parametric equations and polar coordinates, vectors, functions of several variables, multiple integration, and second-order differential equations.

Elementary Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems by William Trench

Elementary Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems is written for students in science, engineering, and mathematics who have completed calculus through partial differentiation. This text also includes 2041 numbered exercises, many with several parts.

College Mathematics for Everyday Life by Maxie Inigo

College Mathematics for Everyday Life was written for a college-level liberal arts math class. It addresses math concepts that most people will encounter as part of their everyday life, including statistics, probability, growth, finance, graph theory, voting systems, fair division, apportionment, and geometric symmetry and the golden ratio. Each chapter includes a set of homework questions for practice.

Math Overflow

A question and answer site for professional mathematicians.

Wolfram MathWorld

MathWorld is a free service to the world’s mathematics and internet communities as part of a commitment to education and educational outreach.

Khan Academy: Mathematics

Khan Academy provides introductory tutorials from basic arithmetic to calculus.

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Alexander College acknowledges that the land on which we usually gather is the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this territory.

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