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Roland "Ron" Edwin Larson (born October 31, 1941) is a professor of mathematics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, Pennsylvania. [1] He is best known for being the author of a series of widely used mathematics textbooks ranging from middle school through the second year of college.
The 2003 edition makes reference to computer software such as The Geometer's Sketchpad. [1]: p. 3 Even before this edition, the Teacher's notes for Geometry was used for developing new ways of teaching. [9] [10] One instructor credited the book's success to being "mathematically very sound" yet using a "little by little" approach. [11]
It’s capable of performing more than 600 functions and even algebra. It comes in a nice glossy black hard case—but even better, it’s usually priced under $25, meaning it meets most students ...
Xcas/Giac is an open-source project developed at the Joseph Fourier University of Grenoble since 2000. Written in C++, maintained by Bernard Parisse's et al. and available for Windows, Mac, Linux and many others platforms. It has a compatibility mode with Maple, Derive and MuPAD software and TI-89, TI-92 and Voyage 200 calculators.
Houghton University is a private Christian liberal arts college in Houghton, New York, United States. Houghton was founded in 1883 by Willard J. Houghton and is affiliated with the Wesleyan Church. [2] Houghton serves roughly 1000 students and has 54 degree majors for primarily undergraduate students.
Casio fx-7000G; the world's first graphing calculator. An early graphing calculator was designed in 1921 by electrical engineer Edith Clarke. [1] [2] [3] The calculator was used to solve problems with electrical power line transmission. [4] Casio produced the first commercially available graphing calculator in 1985.
The Saxon Math 1 to Algebra 1/2 (the equivalent of a Pre-Algebra book) curriculum [3] is designed so that students complete assorted mental math problems, learn a new mathematical concept, practice problems relating to that lesson, and solve a variety of problems. Daily practice problems include relevant questions from the current day's lesson ...
The series, which began in 1938, is most famous for its language education books, but its titles in mathematics (including algebra and calculus) are also best sellers, and over its long history the series has covered a great many other subjects as well. [2] "A Concise Guide to Teach Yourself", compiled by A R Taylor, was published in 1958 and ...