Author : Edgar Wales Bass
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 32,64 MB
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781330021842
Book Description
Excerpt from Elements of Differential Calculus This text-book has been prepared for the use of the Cadets of the U. S. Military Academy who begin the subject with a knowledge of the elements of Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry which ranges from fair to excellent. The time allotted to the subject (ten and one half weeks), and the requirements of the subsequent courses, especially Mechanics, Ordnance and Gunnery, and Engineering, limit and determine the scope of the work. My experience leads me to the belief that the more rigorous and comprehensive method of infinitesimals is suitable only for a treatise, and not for a text-book intended for beginners. At the same time I believe that any presentation of the subject, no matter how elementary, should in no manner prejudice the student against any established method. On the contrary, it should, I think, endeavor to lead him to an understanding of the relations between those in general use, and, above all, it should aim to construct the best possible ground work for the subsequent study of the subject treated in the most rigorous and extended form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.