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1990, X, 74 p. A product of Birkhäuser Basel Printed book Softcover 29,99 € | £26.99 | $39.99 *32,09 € (D) | 32,99 € (A) | CHF 33.50 eBook Available from your library or springer.com/shop MyCopy Printed eBook for just € | $ 24.99 springer.com/mycopy Order online at springer.com or for the Americas call (toll free) 1-800-SPRINGER or email us at: [email protected]. For outside the Americas call +49 (0) 6221-345-4301 or email us at: [email protected]. The first € price and the £ and $ price are net prices, subject to local VAT. Prices indicated with * include VAT for books; the €(D) includes 7% for Germany, the €(A) includes 10% for Austria. Prices indicated with ** include VAT for electronic products; 19% for Germany, 20% for Austria. All prices exclusive of carriage charges. Prices and other details are subject to change without notice. All errors and omissions excepted. I.M. Gelfand, E.G. Glagoleva, A.A. Kirilov The Method of Coordinates The need for improved mathematics education at the high school and college levels has never been more apparent than in the 1990s. As early as the 1960s, I. M. Gel'fand and his colleagues in the USSR thought hard about this same question and developed a style for presenting basic mathematics in a clear and simple form that engaged the curiosity and intellectual interest of thousands of high school and college students. These same ideas, this same content, unchanged by over thirty years of experience and mathematical development, are available in the present books to any student who is willing to read, to be stimulated and to learn. "The Method of Coordinates" is a way of transferring geometric images into formulas, a method for describing pictures by numbers and letters denoting constants and variables. It is fundamental to the study of calculus and other mathematical topics. Teachers of mathematics will find here a fresh understanding of the subject and a valuable path to the training of students in mathematical concepts and skills.

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  • 1990, X, 74 p.A product of Birkhuser Basel

    Printed book

    Softcover 29,99 | 26.99 | $39.99 *32,09(D) | 32,99(A) | CHF33.50

    eBook

    Available from your library or springer.com/shop

    MyCopy

    Printed eBook for just | $ 24.99 springer.com/mycopy

    Order online at springer.com or for the Americas call (toll free) 1-800-SPRINGER or email us at:[email protected]. For outside the Americas call +49 (0) 6221-345-4301 or email us at:[email protected].

    The first price and the and $ price are net prices, subject to local VAT. Prices indicated with * include VAT for books; the (D) includes 7% forGermany, the (A) includes 10% for Austria. Prices indicated with ** include VAT for electronic products; 19% for Germany, 20% for Austria. All pricesexclusive of carriage charges. Prices and other details are subject to change without notice. All errors and omissions excepted.

    I.M. Gelfand, E.G. Glagoleva, A.A. KirilovThe Method of Coordinates

    The need for improved mathematics education at the high school andcollege levels has never been more apparent than in the 1990s. Asearly as the 1960s, I. M. Gel'fand and his colleagues in the USSRthought hard about this same question and developed a style forpresenting basic mathematics in a clear and simple form that engagedthe curiosity and intellectual interest of thousands of high schooland college students. These same ideas, this same content, unchangedby over thirty years of experience and mathematical development, areavailable in the present books to any student who is willing to read,to be stimulated and to learn."The Method of Coordinates" is a way of transferring geometric imagesinto formulas, a method for describing pictures by numbers and lettersdenoting constants and variables. It is fundamental to the study ofcalculus and other mathematical topics. Teachers of mathematics willfind here a fresh understanding of the subject and a valuable path tothe training of students in mathematical concepts and skills.