Smith Derek (Lafayette College Pennsylvania) - Exploring Mathematics An Engaging Introduction To Proof - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Exploring Mathematics gives students experience with doing mathematics - interrogating mathematical claims exploring definitions forming conjectures attempting proofs and presenting results - and engages them with examples exercises and projects that pique their interest. Written with a minimal number of pre - requisites this text can be used by college students in their first and second years of study and by independent readers who want an accessible introduction to theoretical mathematics. Core topics include proof techniques sets functions relations and cardinality with selected additional topics that provide many possibilities for further exploration. With a problem - based approach to investigating the material students develop interesting examples and theorems through numerous exercises and projects. In - text exercises with complete solutions or robust hints included in an appendix help students explore and master the topics being presented. The end - of - chapter exercises and projects provide students with opportunities to confirm their understanding of core material learn new concepts and develop mathematical creativity.
Title: Exploring Mathematics An Engaging Introduction To Proof
Author(s): Smith Derek (Lafayette College Pennsylvania)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781107128989
Pages: 338 Pages, 60 Halftones, Black And White
Publication Date: 8/7/2017
Series: Cambridge Mathematical Textbooks
Category: Mathematical Logic