Excerpt from Elementary Mathematical Analysis This book aims to present a course suitable for students in the first year of our colleges, universities, and technical schools. It presupposes on the part of the student only the usual mini mum entrance requirements in elementary algebra and plane geometry? The book has been written with the hope of contributing something toward the solution of the problem of increasing the value and significance of our freshman courses. The recent widespread discussion of this problem has led to the general acceptance on the part of many teachers of certain principles governing the selection and arrangement of mate rial and the point of view from which it is to be presented. Among such principles, which have guided us in the prepara tion of this text, are the following. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.