TY - BOOK AU - Kornegay,Chris TI - Math dictionary with solutions: a math review AV - QA5 .K692 1999 U1 - 510/.3 21 PY - 1999/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - SAGE Publications KW - Mathematics KW - Dictionaries KW - Problems, exercises, etc N1 - Includes index N2 - "Have you ever suddenly become "stuck" and not remembered how to divide a fraction or turn a fraction into a percentage? Or, have you taken a graduate statistics course and discovered that you can't remember any of the terminology or techniques from a calculus course you took years ago? If either of these scenarios sounds familiar, then this book will provide you with the quick and easy review that you need."; "This reference book has math topics ranging from arithmetic through calculus arranged alphabetically by topic. Each topic is provided with a definition, explanation, and an example or two of how to solve a particular problem using the topic's technique. Depending on the degree of difficulty of the topic, this material is covered in one or two paragraphs to several pages."; "To further facilitate learning, the topics are cross-referenced so that the reader can backtrack to easier topics if the current one is too difficult. This book is a "mathematics tutor-in-a-book" and provides a reliable reference for any researcher or manager who works with numbers or needs a review of mathematical concepts."--BOOK JACKET ER -