College Mathematics (Liberal Arts)

Author: Department of Mathematics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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Publish Date: 2003-10-28
Features: This book is a textbook for university liberal arts mathematics courses. It is suitable for students of humanities and arts disciplines at the undergraduate and college levels, including economics, law, philosophy, history, journalism, foreign languages, Chinese, architecture, and art design. With the fundamental purpose of introducing the ideas and methods of mathematics to liberal arts students, this book particularly emphasizes the background introduction of mathematical problems, clarifies the logical derivation process, incorporates historical figures and stories, and appropriately summarizes the ideas and methods in mathematical theories. The book is divided into five chapters, covering functions and limits, differential calculus, integral calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra. Each chapter is accompanied by basic exercises and reference answers. This book can serve as a supplementary reading material for a one-semester course with 80 teaching hours.