A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Mathematics, version 3.1 - Softcover

Fields, Joe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1494943557 ISBN 13: 9781494943554

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

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GIAM (a Gentle Introduction to the Art of Mathematics) is a free, open-source textbook -- the current version is 3.1. GIAM covers several topics in the foundations of mathematics (logic, sets, relations, functions and cardinality) and introduces the reader to many techniques of mathematical proof (direct, indirect, contradiction, contrapositive, mathematical induction, combinatorial proofs and magic).

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Joe Fields is a professor of Mathematics at Southern Connecticut State University. He earned his doctorate at the University of Illinois, Chicago under the direction of Vera Pless. Outside of Mathematics, his interests are varied - ranging from playing saxophone to sculpting to electrical experimentation. He lives in New Haven, CT with his wife and son and a dog named Dan.

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• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1494943557
• ISBN 13: 9781494943554
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 438
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxemburg