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B. A. COURSE.
A.—First Year. This class meets three times a week (three hours), and
studies the Theory of Arithmetical Notations and Operations; Algebra
through the Binomial Theorem, Indeterminate Coefficients and Theory of
Logarithms; Geometry, Plane and Solid; Geometrical Analysis, with
numerous exercises for original solution; Elementary Plane Trigonometry,
embracing the solution of Triangles, with the use of Logarithms, and some
applications to problems of "Heights and Distances." The preparation
desirable for this class is a good knowledge of Arithmetic, of Algebraic Operations
through Equations of the Second Degree, and of the first three
books of Plane Geometry.
Text-Books.—Todhunter's Algebra; Venable's Legendre's Geometry, with collection
of exercises; Todhunter's Trigonometry for Beginners.
B.—Second Year. This class meets three times a week (three hours),
and studies Geometrical Analysis, with exercises for original solution; Plane
Trigonometry, with applications; Conic Sections treated Geometrically;
Analytical Geometry of two dimensions; Spherical Trigonometry, with applications;
more advanced Algebra, including elements of the Theory of Equations.
The preparation necessary for this class is a thorough knowledge of
Algebra through the Binomial Theorem and Logarithms; of Synthetic
Geometry, Plane and Solid, with a fair training in the original solution of
Geometrical problems; and a knowledge of the elements of Plane Trigonometry,
including the use of Logarithmic tables.
Text-Books.—Todhunter's Plane Trigonometry; Puckle's Conic Sections; Collection
of Exercises in Plane Geometry; Wells's Spherical Trigonometry; Notes on Geometrical
Conics.
Candidates for the B. A. degree who elect Mathematics must complete the
work of this course.
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