CV, Complex numbers and vectors

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Complex Numbers and Vectors draws on the power of intrigue and uses appealingapplications from navigation, global positioning systems, earthquakes, circus actsand stories from mathematical history to explain the mathematics of vectors andthe discoveries in complex numbers.

Author(s): Evans, Les
Series: MathWorks for teachers
Publisher: Acer Press
Year: 2006

Language: English
Pages: 0
City: Camberwell, Victoria
Tags: Numbers, Complex -- Study and teaching (Secondary);Vector analysis -- Study and teaching (Secondary);MATHEMATICS -- Number Theory

Preliminaries
Contents
Introduction
About the author
1 Complex numbers and vectors in the secondary curriculum
2 A tale of intrigue and imagination
3 Secrecy, contrivance and inspiration
4 Form and structure: A careful exposition on operating with complex numbers
5 The genius of Gauss
6 Mathematicians can read maps
7 Plotting a course
8 Sailing against the wind
9 It's a circus
10 It's now possible to know where we are!
11 Pons asinorum--the asses' bridge
12 Curriculum connections
13 Solution notes to student activities
References and further reading.