A Gateway to Abstract Mathematics

Edwin A. Maxwell

ISBN 10: 0521090288 / ISBN 13: 9780521090285

Published by Cambridge University Press Aug 2008, 2008

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Neuware -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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Gateway to Abstract Mathematics
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Aug 2008
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521090288
• ISBN 13: 9780521090285
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 203W x 127H x 8D millimeters 203 millimeters width by 127 millimeters height by 8 millimeters depth
• Weight: 159 grams

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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.

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.