TY - BOOK AU - Barnett, Raymond A. AU - Michael R. Ziegler TI - College mathematics for management, life, and social sciences SN - 0023062541 AV - QA 40 .B376 1987 PY - 1987/// CY - San Francisco, California PB - Dellen Pub. Co. KW - MATHEMATICS KW - SOCIAL SCIENCES -- MATHEMATICS KW - BIOMATHEMATICS N1 - Includes index; Chapter 0. Preliminaries -- Chapter 1. Systems of linear equations, matrices -- Chapter 2. Linear inequalities and linear programming -- Chapter 3. mathematics of finance -- Chapter 4. Probability -- Chapter 5. Additional topics on probability -- Chapter 6. Data description and probability distributions -- Chapter 7. The derivative -- Chapter 8. Additional derivative topics -- Chapter 9. exponential and logarithmic functions -- Chapter 10. Integration -- Chapter 11. Additional integration topics -- Chapter 12. Multivariable calculus N2 - The book is designed for students who have had 1-2 years of high school algebra or the equivalent. However, because much of this material is forgotten due to lack of use, Chapter 0 contains a review of the basic topics in intermediate algebra that are most pertinent to the course, and portions of Appendix A review some more fundamental concepts. Any of this material can be studied systematically at the beginning of either part of the book, or referred to as needed ER -