Preface iii -- The Real Number System 1 -- Algebraic Expressions 7 -- Factoring and Special Products 71 -- Algebraic Fractions 121 -- Exponents and Radicals 173 -- Linear and Quadratic Equations 231 -- Logarithmic and Exponential Equations 323 -- Progressions 351 -- Partial Fractions 387 -- Inequalities 415 -- Other Topics 445 -- References 465
"The book is intended for the requirement of senior high school likewise for the college students. It is a combination of simplified topics of algebra and gives more emphasis on the detailed illustrations or presentation of a solution of the example or illustrative problems. Illustrative problems are given a point for point explanations on the process of simplification which the author thinks that is essential to the students."--