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An invitation to abstract mathematics / Bela Bajnok

By: Series: Undergraduate texts in mathematicsPublisher: New York, NY : Springer, c2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (xi, 406 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781461466369 (ebook)
  • 1461466369 (ebook)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QA39.3
Online resources:
Contents:
What's Mathematics? -- Let's Play a Game! -- What's the Name of the Game? -- How to Make a Statement? -- What's True in Mathematics? -- Famous Classical Theorems -- Recent Progress in Mathematics -- How to Solve It? -- Let's Be Logical! -- Setting Examples -- Quantifier Mechanics -- Mathematical Structures -- Working in the Fields (and Other Structures) -- Universal Proofs -- The Domino Effect -- More Domino Games -- Existential Proofs -- A Cornucopia of Famous Problems -- Advanced Math for Beginners -- Good Relations -- Order, Please! -- Let's Be Functional! -- Infinite Delights -- Number Systems Systematically -- Games Are Valuable!
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e-Book M. Kamal Hassan Library M. Kamal Hassan Library E-Book Collection Web eb QA 39.3 B165I 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online Access 11100443284

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What's Mathematics? -- Let's Play a Game! -- What's the Name of the Game? -- How to Make a Statement? -- What's True in Mathematics? -- Famous Classical Theorems -- Recent Progress in Mathematics -- How to Solve It? -- Let's Be Logical! -- Setting Examples -- Quantifier Mechanics -- Mathematical Structures -- Working in the Fields (and Other Structures) -- Universal Proofs -- The Domino Effect -- More Domino Games -- Existential Proofs -- A Cornucopia of Famous Problems -- Advanced Math for Beginners -- Good Relations -- Order, Please! -- Let's Be Functional! -- Infinite Delights -- Number Systems Systematically -- Games Are Valuable!

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