What should be the objectives of a finite mathematics and calculus sequence beyond the presentation of the appropriate mathematics? The appropriate mathematics having become more or less standardized, this was the question i attemped to answer several years ago when i served as a commitee of one to choose a text for our sequence.
The thrid edition of mathematics gives a solid foundation in the non-calculus portions of mathematics needed by students majoring in the management,life,and scial sciences.
Improvement in this edition evolved out of the generous response from a large number of users of the last and previous editions as well as survey results from instructors, mathematics department, course outlines, and college catalogs.