A Gateway to Abstract Mathematics - Softcover

Maxwell, E. A.

 
9780521090285: A Gateway to Abstract Mathematics
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521090288 ISBN 13: 9780521090285
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Dr Maxwell has written this short book to introduce students (and teachers) to the ideas involved in abstract mathematics. In his preface he states, 'I have often felt that the present plunge into abstraction is too sudden and that there is a need for more elementary work to make the immersion less exhausting.' Dr Maxwell does this by taking various topics from elementary mathematics, and showing what happens when the rules are altered in quite simple ways. He first discusses digital arithmetic, then introduces the idea of a group and illustrates some properties of groups by examples from algebra and geometry.

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Book Description

Dr Maxwell has written this short book to introduce students (and teachers) to the ideas involved in abstract mathematics. He first discusses digital arithmetic, then introduces the idea of a group and illustrates some properties of groups by examples from algebra and geometry.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521090288
ISBN 13 
9780521090285
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
140

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