How to read and do proofs : an introduction to mathematical thought processes / Daniel Solow
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TextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010Edition: 5th edDescription: xviii, 301 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780470392164
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Includes bibliographical references and index
The truth of it all -- The forward-backward method -- On definitions and mathematical terminology -- Quantifiers 1: the construction method -- Quantifiers II: the choose method -- Quantifiers III: specialization -- Quantifiers IV: nested quantifiers -- Nots of nots lead to knots -- the contradiction method -- The contrapositive method -- The uniqueness methods -- Induction -- The either/or methods -- The max/min methods -- Summary -- Appendices: Examples of proofs from discrete mathematics ; Examples of proofs from linear algebra ; Examples of proofs from modern algebra ; Examples of proofs from real analysis