TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER PAGE
COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
1. THE PASCAL TRIANGLE ......................................1
2. THE FIBONACCI AND LUCAS NUMBERS..........................11
3. FACTORIALS...............................................17
4. ARITHMETIC AND GEOMETRIC PROGRESSIONS....................20
5. MATHEMATICAL INDUCTION...................................28
6. THE BINOMIAL THEOREM.....................................40
7. COMBINATIONS AND PERMUTATIONS............................51
8. POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS.....................................60
9. DETERMINANTS.............................................74
10. INEQUALITIES...........................................101
ANSWERS TO THE ODD-NUMBERED PROBLEMS.......................118
INDEX......................................................126
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