Product Description

Teach Yourself Trigonometry, now fully revised and updated to take account of recent trends in mathematics, is suitable for beginners and those needing to brush up their skills. It covers the basics in depth, then goes on to give comprehensive coverage of more advanced trigonometry.

Each chapter contains a number of worked examples and many carefully graded exercises. Full demonstrations of trigonometric proofs are given in the answers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39111 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Hugh Neill is an author and chief examiner in mathematics at all levels. He has taught and lectured and was staff inspector for mathematics in the ILEA.

Customer Reviews

Excellent introduction / supplement to A-Level Trigonometry
Before I read this book, my understanding of Trigonometry was peripheral and the concepts were not clear in my mind. Having worked through the book, I have learned to like Trigonometry and feel confident of handling most problems in this topic. This book complemented the material covered in the Cap & Gown A-Level mathematical videos and my Edexcel Pure Maths text books.

The author, Percy Abbot, starts with the basic concepts and steadily builds upon them through the book. In this way, he is able handle more complex concepts in a manner that an A-Level student understands, or for any beginner in Trigonometry.

Additionally, Percy throws light upon the historical background of the topic. In particular, I found Chapter 10: "Ratios of Compund Angles" very useful as it explained the matter clearly. The book includes a comprehensive summary of trigonometrical formulae and a simple glossary. I would strongly recommend this book to my A-Level colleagues and to anyone starting to learn Trigonometry.

A good buy...
Coming from someone who needed a quick and simple introduction to Trigonometry and Trig Functions, I found this book extremely useful. Each chapter is dedicated to a given topic of Trig, which includes a number of clear and well laid out examples, theory, and then followed by a large number of questions (with answers in the back). The only reason why I didn't give it 5 stars would be the fact that although it tried to pick up straight from a high school (GCSE) level, it wasn't spot on!

Great little book
Provides a clear no-nonsense, no-muddling introduction to trignometry. I would say this book will set you up satisfactorily for higher study of the subject.