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Formulas from Algebra, Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry

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Readers wishing a logical development of the real number system are directed to the references at the end of the chapter. Here the real numbers are considered to be the set of all terminating and nonterminating decimals with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (except by zero) defined as usual.

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1.13.1 References

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  1. Dep’t. of Mathematics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., USA

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    Carl E. Pearson (Professor of Applied Mathematics) (Professor of Applied Mathematics)

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Lennart Pearson, H. (1990). Formulas from Algebra, Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry. In: Pearson, C.E. (eds) Handbook of Applied Mathematics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1423-3_1

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