This text stresses the use of matrices in study of transformations of the plane. Familiarizes reader with role of matrices in abstract algebraic systems and illustrates its effective use as mathematical tool in geometry. Includes proofs of most theorems. Answers to odd-numbered exercises.

Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this was the first English-language text to offer detailed coverage of boundedness, stability, and asymptotic behavior of linear and nonlinear differential equations. It remains a classic guide, featuring material from original research papers, including the author's own studies. The linear equation with constant and almost-constant coefficients receives in-depth attention that includes aspects...

Increase your bank of known shapes by exploring and identifying two- and three-dimensional objects. Our resource introduces the mathematical concepts taken from real-life experiences, and provides warm-up and timed practice questions to strengthen procedural proficiency skills. Identify polygons from other shapes. Explore equilateral, isosceles and scalene triangles. See how many different quadrilaterals there are. Match shapes with their names. Identify...

Help young students get familiar with basic shapes found in Geometry. Our resource provides task and word problems surrounding real-life scenarios. See how many circles, squares and rectangles you can find in the picture. Explain how you would sort the shapes you find. Use different shapes to make a robot or house. Find and name the different shapes. Go on the Internet to find some solid shapes that are made from basic shapes put together. Count the...

Help beginner learners gain confidence by becoming familiar with basic shapes. Our resource introduces the mathematical concepts taken from real-life experiences, and provides warm-up and timed practice questions to strengthen procedural proficiency skills. Use different shapes to make a robot or house. Describe where each shape is found in a picture. Transform a shape by turning it, sliding it, or flipping it. Draw the missing half of a symmetrical...

Jennifer Egan's spellbinding interlocking narratives circle the lives of Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Although Bennie and Sasha never discover each other's pasts, the reader does, in intimate detail, along with the secret lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs. (Bestseller)

Ten year old Emmy and her rodent friends must fend off the evil former nanny, Miss Barmy, as they search for Ratty's missing mother.

Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs confront their pasts in this powerful story about how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn, and how art and music have the power to redeem.