Pamela W. Adams, K. Smith, Rudolf Vyborny ... 544 pages - Publisher: Wspc; (June, 2004) - Language: English - ISBN-10: 9812560092 - ISBN-13: 978-9812560094 ...
The principal aim of this book is to introduce university level
mathematics - both algebra and calculus. The text is suitable for first
and second year students. It treats the material in depth, and thus can
also be of interest to beginning graduate students. New concepts are
motivated before being introduced through rigorous definitions. All
theorems are proved and great care is taken over the logical structure
of the material presented. To facilitate understanding, a large number
of diagrams are included. Most of the material is presented in the
traditional way, but an innovative approach is taken with emphasis on
the use of Maple and in presenting a modern theory of integration. To
help readers with their own use of this software, a list of Maple
commands employed in the book is provided. The book advocates the use of
computers in mathematics in general, and in pure mathematics in
particular. It makes the point that results need not be correct just
because they come from the computer. A careful and critical approach to
using computer algebra systems persists throughout the text.