The Method of Coordinates (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780817635336)

"The Method of Coordinates" is one volume in a series of books that present basic mathematics in a clear and simple form. The book describes a way of transferring images into formulas, describing pictures by numbers. The content is fundamental to the study of calculus and other mathematical topics. All through this volume, one finds a careful description of the step-by-step thinking process that leads up to the correct definition of a concept or to an argument that clinches in the proof of a theorem. High school students or teachers, reading this book will learn an enormous amount of good mathematics. More importantly, they would also get a glimpse of how mathematics is done.

Author: I. M. Gelfand, E. G. Glagoleva, A. a. Kirilov
ISBN-10: 0817635335
ISBN-13: 9780817635336
Publisher: Birkhauser
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1990
Pages: 74
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.18lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.70w x 0.20d