Pre-Calculus For Dummies®, 2nd Edition

by Yang Kuang and Elleyne Kase

Pre-Calculus For Dummies®, 2nd Edition

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About the Authors

Yang Kuang is a proud father of three, Youny, Foris, and Belany. He has been a professor of mathematics at Arizona State University since 1988. He entered the University of Science and Technology of China in 1980, at age 14, went to the University of Oxford in 1984 for M.Phil study, completed a PhD in mathematics in 1988, and became a mathematics professor at ASU at age 22.

Yang Kuang has published over 130 refereed publications and authored and edited many books. He has directed a dozen PhD dissertations and many funded research projects in mathematical biology and medicine. He has founded and continues to edit the Journal of Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering. He has given mathematical research talks all over the world and organized many international mathematical biology and medicine meetings. He is well known for his pioneering work in the application of delay differential equation in models of biology and medicine as well as his ongoing work in establishing a solid foundation and framework to build accurate and dynamic rich population models that explicitly include resource quality dynamics.

His more recent interest is to formulate scientifically well-grounded and computationally tractable mathematical models to describe the rich and intriguing dynamics of various within-host diseases and their treatments, including various types of cancer, diabetic diseases, and virus-induced diseases such influenza and HBV. He hopes that these models will help speed up the much-needed personalized medicine development.

Yang Kuang teaches and uses calculus all the time. He is keenly aware of the many challenges facing students and the instructors. He hopes this book will be helpful to many of those who want to confront those challenges.

Elleyne Kase is a multi-disciplined artist and graphics professional whose creative expertise has been applied commercially in many different avenues, such as fine art designs for the commercial interior design industry, Wayfinding programs for large hospital systems, 3D displays, website design, and national brand identity. A bachelor’s degree in graphic design from San Jose State University began her professional career in the San Francisco Bay Area, which continued in San Diego design agencies as her family grew.

Book design, a favorite of hers, began early on in her career and has now been applied to two of her own exam prep publications, Visual Quick Notes for Life Insurance and Visual Quick Notes for Life and Health. Both use her mind mapping system, an evolution of her study on how the mind absorbs data, to explain simple terms and concepts in a visual matrix of graphic elements that improve memory retention.

Authors’ Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Elleyne Kase again for inviting me to take part in this interesting and timely book project and all the people involved in the process. It was a joy and rewarding experience working with all of you. Of course, I am forever grateful to my wife, Aijun, for her beautiful creation of and the great attention devoted to our family so that I can have time to do my work, including carrying out this time-consuming project. —Yang Kuang

Throughout my varied career I have had the great pleasure of working with professionals of many disciplines. The For Dummies series combines the skills of many very talented people. I want to express my gratitude to Bill Gladstone, who gave me this rare opportunity to participate; to the editors at Wiley, Tracy Boggier, Tim Gallan, and Caitie Copple, for their professionalism, understanding, and skill at bringing such a complex product to market; and to Yang Kuang, who juggled his demanding teaching schedule to accommodate this project. Above all, I want to thank my dear mother who has always supported me in all my varied interests, and to my three children, Seth, Shane, and Mimi, who have grown to become wonderful, nurturing, caring adults and my best friends. —Elleyne Kase

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