Title: An Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning: Numbers, Sets and Functions
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1998
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521597188
ISBN 13: 9780521597180
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Good
Dimensions: 2.08 centimeters width by 15.24 centimeters height by 22.86 centimeters depth
Weight: 476 grams

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This book eases students into the rigors of university mathematics. The emphasis is on understanding and constructing proofs and writing clear mathematics. The author achieves this by exploring set theory, combinatorics, and number theory, topics that include many fundamental ideas and may not be a part of a young mathematician's toolkit. This material illustrates how familiar ideas can be formulated rigorously, provides examples demonstrating a wide range of basic methods of proof, and includes some of the all-time-great classic proofs. The book presents mathematics as a continually developing subject. Material meeting the needs of readers from a wide range of backgrounds is included. The over 250 problems include questions to interest and challenge the most able student but also plenty of routine exercises to help familiarize the reader with the basic ideas.

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The purpose of this book is to introduce the basic ideas of mathematical proof to students embarking on university mathematics. The emphasis is on helping the reader in understanding and constructing proofs and writing clear mathematics. Over 250 problems include questions to interest and challenge the most able student but also plenty of routine exercises to help familiarize the reader with the basic ideas.

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