Mathematics for Secondary School Teachers discusses topics of central importance in the secondary school mathematics curriculum, including functions, polynomials, trigonometry, exponential and logarithmic functions, number and operation, and measurement.

Catalog Code: MSST
ISBN: 978-0-88385-773-1

Claudi Alsina and Roger B. Nelsen

The authors present twenty icons of mathematics—that is, geometrical shapes such as the right triangle, the Venn diagram, and the yang and yin symbol—and explore mathematical results associated with them. The results require no more than high-school mathematics to appreciate and many of them will be new even to experienced readers.Besides theorems and proofs, the book contains many illustrations and it gives connections of the icons to the world outside of mathematics.

Catalog Code: DOL-45
ISBN: 978-0-88385-352-8

This Guide is a friendly introduction to plane algebraic curves. It emphasizes geometry and intuition, and the presentation is kept concrete. You'll find an abundance of pictures and examples to help develop your intuition about the subject, which is so basic to understanding and asking fruitful questions. Highlights of the elementary theory are covered, which for some could be an end in itself, and for others an invitation to investigate further. Proofs, when given, are mostly sketched, some in more detail, but typically with less. References to texts that provide further discussion are often included.

Catalog Code: DOL-46
ISBN: 978-0-88385-353-5

This book is about beautiful mathematical concepts and creations. Mathematical ideas have an aesthetic appeal that can be appreciated by those who have the time and dedication to investigate. Mathematical topics are presented in the categories of words, images, formulas, theorems, proofs, solutions, and unsolved problems. Readers will investigate exciting mathematical topics ranging from complex numbers to arithmetic progressions, from Alcuin's sequence to the zeta function, and from hypercubes to infinity squared.

Catalog Code: BTM
ISBN: 978-0-88385-576-8

This book is about the concept of mathematical maturity. Mathematical maturity is central to a mathematics education. The goal of a mathematics education is to transform the student from someone who treats mathematical ideas empirically and intuitively to someone who treats mathematical ideas analytically and can control and manipulate them effectively.

Catalog Code: MCA
ISBN: 978-0-88385-578-2

If you put the derivative and the integral in a cage and had them fight to the death, which would win? Although this question makes no sense, as concepts don't know the first thing about hand-to-hand combat, a version of this question has plagued mathematics for centuries.

Catalog Code: DVI
ISBN: 978-0-88385-912-4