Mathematical Ideas captures the interest of non-majors who take the Liberal Arts Math course by showing how mathematics plays an important role in everyday life. With a fresh, new focus on math in the workplace, this program shows students how math will play an important role in their future, while encouraging them to understand and embrace the mathematical concepts.

KEY TOPICS: The Art of Problem Solving; The Basic Concepts of Set Theory; Introduction to Logic; Numeration Systems; Number Theory; The Real Numbers and Their Representations; The Basic Concepts of Algebra; Graphs, Functions, and Systems of Equations and Inequalities; Geometry; Counting Methods; Probability; Statistics; Personal Financial Management; Graph Theory; Voting and Apportionment

MARKET: for all readers interested in math topics typically taught in a liberal arts math, contemporary math, or survey of math course.

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