
Algebra
Birkhauser Boston Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 1993
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-8176-3737-8 (ISBN)
Description
This elementary text aims to present algebra in a clear and simple form that should engage the interest of school and college students. Gelfand is the author of "Functions and Graphs" and "Methods and Coordinates".
Reviews / Votes
"The idea behind teaching is to expect students to learn why things are true, rather than have them memorize ways of solving a few problems, as most of our books have done. [This] same philosophy lies behind the current text by Gelfand and Shen. There are specific 'practical' problems but there is much more development of the ideas . [The authors] have shown how to write a serious yet lively look at algebra." -The American Mathematics Monthly"Were 'Algebra' to be used solely for supplementary reading, it could be wholeheartedly recommended to any high school student of any teacher . In fact, given the long tradition of mistreating algebra as a disjointed collection of techniques in the schools, there should be some urgency in making this book compulsory reading for anyone interested in learning mathematics." -The Mathematical IntelligencerMore details
Edition
1., st ed. 1993. Corr. 3rd printing
Language
English
Place of publication
Secaucus
United States
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
College/higher education
Lower undergraduate
Illustrations
160p., 3 s/w Abbildungen
27 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
385 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8176-3737-8 (9780817637378)
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