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THIS excellent book reveals the rapid strides which algebra has made in recent times. A few years ago, “Higher Algebra” would most probably have been the appropriate title. The course is designed primarily for use in school and first-year university classes, the students of which have previously covered the work required for the first school certificate examination. The text deals, in a comprehensive way, with polynomials, partial fractions, equations, including determinants, indices, logarithms, simple series, graphs and the binomial theorem. The authors have provided a stimulating introduction on the basis of the course which should give the student an intelligent interest in the subject. Mention should also be made of the important.chapters on graphs and the method of differences which lead, quite logically, to the calculus. Modern methods have been used throughout, and the treatment, in general, is not only sound but also very clear and well illustrated by worked examples. The aim of the authors has, indeed, been skilfully carried out and, as would be expected in such a book, ample exercises for practice have been supplied. Answers to these are given and a good index provided.
Intermediate Algebra
By Neil McArthur Alexander Keith. Pp. x + 356. (London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1942.) 8s. 6d.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 149, 453 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149453d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/149453d0