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Foundations of Abstract Mathematics David C. Kurtz (Rollins College, USA)

Foundations of Abstract Mathematics By David C. Kurtz (Rollins College, USA)

Foundations of Abstract Mathematics by David C. Kurtz (Rollins College, USA)


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This text is designed for the average-to-strong mathematics majors taking a course called Transition to Higher Mathematics, Introduction to Proofs, or Fundamentals of Mathematics. It provides a transition to topics covered in advanced mathematics and covers logic, proofs and sets.

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Foundations of Abstract Mathematics Summary

Foundations of Abstract Mathematics by David C. Kurtz (Rollins College, USA)

This text is designed for the average to strong mathematics major taking a course called Transition to Higher Mathematics, Introduction to Proofs, or Fundamentals of Mathematics. It provides a transition to topics covered in advanced mathematics and covers logic, proofs and sets and emphasizes two important mathematical activities - finding examples of objects with specified properties and writing proofs.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Logic: introduction; and, or not and truth tables; implication and the biconditional; tautologies; arguments and the principle of demonstration; quantifiers; more quantifiers; methods of proof. Part 2 Sets, relations and functions: sets; truth sets; relations; more relations; equivalence relations and partitions; functions; more functions. Part 3 Mathematical induction: introduction; the principle of mathematical induction; equivalent forms of the principle of mathematical induction. Part 4 Continuity carefully considered: introduction; the real number system; sequences; continuous functions. Part 5 Groups: introduction; groups; groups and functions. Part 6 Cardinality: introduction; cardinal numbers; infinite sets; infinite cardinal numbers.

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CIN0070356904VG
9780070356900
0070356904
Foundations of Abstract Mathematics by David C. Kurtz (Rollins College, USA)
Used - Very Good
Hardback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
1992-01-01
189
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