Suggestions, if you would, for a Trig. book.

Newtonstein
Messages
1
Reaction score
0
Hi guys, this is my first post. I'm at the beginning of a hopefully long venture into mathematics and physics. As mathematics is the expressive language of physics, I've felt it natural to brush up on it. I'll be taking Calculus in the beginning of my next school semester, and would like to sharpen my skills over the summer. I've already purchased Calculus: An Intuitive Approach. I'm somewhat in limbo, however, in my search for a Trig. book that can match it.

Trig. - 7th Edition: I've examined this book, and found it to be too counter-intuitive. I'm searching for something that goes more into proofs and reasons for formulas and theorems, rather than giving cursory explanations. Price, if possible, needs to be on the low end - $50 or less if possible. Ideally, it will have problems with, at least, some accompanying answers. Thanks in advance!
 
Mathematics news on Phys.org
Good Trigonometry books hardbound can be found for much less than what that "Trig. 7th Edition" page shows. Can you find some local supply of used textbooks? You could use and search on, but DO NOT NEED Amazon. Check with your local libraries for their booksales.
 
Insights auto threads is broken atm, so I'm manually creating these for new Insight articles. In Dirac’s Principles of Quantum Mechanics published in 1930 he introduced a “convenient notation” he referred to as a “delta function” which he treated as a continuum analog to the discrete Kronecker delta. The Kronecker delta is simply the indexed components of the identity operator in matrix algebra Source: https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/what-exactly-is-diracs-delta-function/ by...
Fermat's Last Theorem has long been one of the most famous mathematical problems, and is now one of the most famous theorems. It simply states that the equation $$ a^n+b^n=c^n $$ has no solutions with positive integers if ##n>2.## It was named after Pierre de Fermat (1607-1665). The problem itself stems from the book Arithmetica by Diophantus of Alexandria. It gained popularity because Fermat noted in his copy "Cubum autem in duos cubos, aut quadratoquadratum in duos quadratoquadratos, et...
I'm interested to know whether the equation $$1 = 2 - \frac{1}{2 - \frac{1}{2 - \cdots}}$$ is true or not. It can be shown easily that if the continued fraction converges, it cannot converge to anything else than 1. It seems that if the continued fraction converges, the convergence is very slow. The apparent slowness of the convergence makes it difficult to estimate the presence of true convergence numerically. At the moment I don't know whether this converges or not.

Similar threads

Replies
2
Views
3K
Replies
4
Views
5K
Replies
7
Views
2K
Replies
5
Views
2K
Replies
26
Views
5K
Replies
8
Views
2K
Replies
9
Views
4K
Replies
9
Views
2K
Back
Top