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020 _a0387946179 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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082 0 4 _a511.3
_bEXN
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100 1 _aExner, George R.,
_eauthor.
245 1 3 _aAn accompaniment to higher mathematics /
_cGeorge R. Exner.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSpringer,
_c[1996]
264 4 _cc1996
300 _axvii, 198 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
_bn
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aUndergraduate texts in mathematics
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aThis text prepares undergraduate mathematics students to meet two challenges in the study of mathematics, namely, to read mathematics independently and to understand and write proofs. The book begins by teaching how to read mathematics actively, constructing examples, extreme cases, and non-examples to aid in understanding an unfamiliar theorem or definition (a technique familiar to any mathematician, but rarely taught); it provides practice by indicating explicitly where work with pencil and paper must interrupt reading. The book then turns to proofs, showing in detail how to discover the structure of a potential proof from the form of the theorem (especially the conclusion). It shows the logical structure behind proof farms (especially quantifier arguments), and analyzes, thoroughly, the often sketchy coding of these forms in proofs as they are ordinarily written. The common introductory material (such as sets and functions) is used for the numerous exercises, and the book concludes with a set of "Laboratories" on these topics in which the student can practice the skills learned in the earlier chapters. Intended for use as a supplementary text in courses on introductory real analysis, advanced calculus, abstract algebra, or topology, the book may also be used as the main text for a "transitions" course bridging the gap between calculus and higher mathematics.
650 7 _aProof theory.
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653 _bENGGEN
_cDecember2017
655 _vReading book
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