Textbook in PDF format

Thank you for your interest in our book, but more importantly, thank you for taking the time to read the Preface. I always read the Prefaces of the textbooks which I use in my classes because I believe it is in the Preface where I begin to understand the authors - who they are, what their motivation for writing the book was, and what they hope the reader will get out of reading the text. Pedagogical issues such as content organization and how professors and students should best use a book can usually be gleaned out of its Table of Contents, but the reasons behind the choices authors make should be shared in the Preface. Also, I feel that the Preface of a textbook should demonstrate the authors’ love of their discipline and passion for teaching, so that I come away believing that they really want to help students and not just make money. Thus, I thank my fellow Preface-readers again for giving me the opportunity to share with you the need and vision which guided the creation of this book and passion which both Carl and I hold for Mathematics and the teaching of it. Foundations of Trigonometry Angles and their Measure Applications of Radian Measure: Circular Motion The Unit Circle: Cosine and Sine Beyond the Unit Circle The Six Circular Functions and Fundamental Identities Beyond the Unit Circle Trigonometric Identities Graphs of the Trigonometric Functions Graphs of the Cosine and Sine Functions Graphs of the Secant and Cosecant Functions Graphs of the Tangent and Cotangent Functions The Inverse Trigonometric Functions Inverses of Secant and Cosecant: Trigonometry Friendly Approach Inverses of Secant and Cosecant: Calculus Friendly Approach Calculators and the Inverse Circular Functions Solving Equations Using the Inverse Trigonometric Functions Trigonometric Equations and Inequalities Applications of Trigonometry Applications of Sinusoids Harmonic Motion The Law of Sines The Law of Cosines Polar Coordinates Graphs of Polar Equations Hooked on Conics Again Rotation of Axes The Polar Form of Conics Polar Form of Complex Numbers Vectors The Dot Product and Projection Parametric Equations Index