A Textbook Of Mathematics

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New Age International, 2003 - 654 pages
Mathematics Today And Its Teaching Have Changed Greatly During The Last Two Or Three Decades Due To The Fast Growing Scientific And Technological Culture. A Host Of New Facts And Their Applications In Various Fields Of Science Has Been Discovered Every Year Which Has Necessitated A Much Greater Intellectual Demand In The Contemporary Teaching-Learning Process. So, Naturally, Our Learners Want A Better Development Of The Ideas And Theories In The Texts They Use. Incidentally, It Is A Point To Be Noted That The Modern Way Of Teaching Of Mathematics Is Desired To Put More Stress On Concept-Development Rather Than Solving Some Hectic Problems Mechanically. That Is Why, The Authors Have Tried Their Best To Provide Our Learners And The Teachers With This New Trend Through Their Expositions.It Is Often Said That To Learn Mathematics Means To Do Mathematics, But It Does Not Mean Doing Without Understanding. So Great Care Has Been Taken In Selecting The Problems In Illustrating Cases And Also The Practice Set.Exercises Are Put So As To Create Skills In The Learners Process. With Regards To The Methods, The Authors Have Adopted The Modern Ones So That Our Students Are Exposed To The Present Day Trend And They Do Not Feel Bewildered When They Are Admitted In Any Up-To-Date Institution.Most Of The Problems Are Taken From The Examination Question Papers Of + 2 Standard Of All Indian Schools And Boards Or Universities.Main Features Of This Book Are : * Theories Presented Lucidly * Examples Illustrated Profusely * Exercises Graded Appropriately * Dos And Donts Highlighted Systematically * Inquiry Process In Graded Examples * Examples For I It And Other Competitive Examinations
 

Contents

Preface
1
The rth Term of a Geometric Progression Geometric Mean
53
7A Exponential and Logarithmic Series
141
Theory of Quadratic Equations and Quadratic Expressions
152
Equations
185
Inequations and Linear Programming
195
Answers
216
Associative Property of Addition Commutative Property
1
Variation
3
Principles for Decomposition of Real Fractions Like
34
Permutation and Combinations
45
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