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  <titleInfo>
    <title>An introduction to mathematics</title>
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    <namePart>Lewis, J. Parry</namePart>
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    <publisher>Macmillan</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1959</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>x, 394 p: ill,; 20cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Contents: Algebra: Revision of elementary algebra -- The Summation and convergence of some simple series -- Prematuations, combinations and the binomial theorem -- Trigonometry and geometry: Basic trigonometry -- Co-ordinate geometry -- Conic sections and polar co-ordinates -- Calculus: Functions of one variable: Continuity and limits -- Rates of change of economic variables -- Diffrentiation -- Maxima, minima and points of inflexion -- Integration -- Logarithms -- Exponentials -- Some techniques of differentiation -- Maclaurein's and taylor's theorem -- Calculus: Functions of many variables: Partial differentiation -- Maxima and minima of functions of two or more variables -- Restricted maxima and minima and lagrange multipliers -- Homogeneous functions and euler's theorem -- Differentials -- Mathematics of fluctuation and growth: Complex numbers -- Differential equations -- Difference equations -- Appendixes.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Parry J. Lewis</note>
  <note>Includes index.</note>
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