Precalculus

The latest edition of this undergraduate text weaves in exercises drawn from real-world problems encountered by engineers and others at electronics giant Motorola Inc. The text covers graphs; polynomial and rational functions; exponential and logarithmic functions; trigonometric functions; analytic trigonometry; applications of trigonometric functions; polar coordinates and vectors; analytic geometry; systems of equations and inequalities; sequences, induction, and the binomial theorem; counting and probability; and the limit, derivative, and integral of a function. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Provides undergraduate students with skills they will need to be successful in calculus. Chapters cover equations and graphs through sequences and probability, with worked examples, within-chapter exercises, and chapter reviews with quizes, review exercises, and problems. This fifth edition features Internet exercises, a new chapter previewing calculus, and new exercises and examples utilizing real data in table form. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Michael Sullivan, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Chicago State University, received a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Mike taught at Chicago State for 35 years before recently retiring. He is a native of Chicago’s South Side and divides his time between a home in Oak Lawn IL and a condo in Naples FL.

Mike is a member of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America. He is a past president of the Text and Academic Authors Association and is currently Treasurer of its Foundation. He is a member of the TAA Council of Fellows and was awarded the TAA Mike Keedy award in 1997 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. In addition, he represents TAA on the Authors Coalition of America.

Mike has been writing textbooks for more than 35 years and currently has 15 books in print, twelve with Pearson Education. When not writing, he enjoys tennis, golf, gardening, and travel.

Mike has four children: Kathleen, who teaches college mathematics; Michael III, who also teaches college mathematics, and who is his coauthor on two precalculus series; Dan, who is a sales director for Pearson Education; and Colleen, who teaches middle-school and secondary school mathematics. Twelve grandchildren round out the family.