Introduction to Proofs and Proof Strategies Paperback / softback
by Shay (University of Toronto) Fuchs
Part of the Cambridge Mathematical Textbooks series
Paperback / softback
Description
Emphasizing the creative nature of mathematics, this conversational textbook guides students through the process of discovering a proof.
The material revolves around possible strategies to approaching a problem without classifying 'types of proofs' or providing proof templates.
Instead, it helps students develop the thinking skills needed to tackle mathematics when there is no clear algorithm or recipe to follow.
Beginning by discussing familiar and fundamental topics from a more theoretical perspective, the book moves on to inequalities, induction, relations, cardinality, and elementary number theory.
The final supplementary chapters allow students to apply these strategies to the topics they will learn in future courses.
With its focus on 'doing mathematics' through 200 worked examples, over 370 problems, illustrations, discussions, and minimal prerequisites, this course will be indispensable to first- and second-year students in mathematics, statistics, and computer science.
Instructor resources include solutions to select problems.
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:349 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/06/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781009096287
Information
-
Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:349 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/06/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781009096287
