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Proof and the art of mathematics / Joel David Hamkins.

By: Hamkins, Joel David [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, c2020Description: xxvi, 208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 978-0-262-53979-1Subject(s): PROOF THEORY -- TEXTBOOKS | LOGIC, SYMBOLIC AND MATHEMATICAL -- TEXTBOOKSDDC classification: 511.3/6 LOC classification: QA 9.54 H36 2020

Contents:

A classical beginning -- Multiple proofs -- Number theory -- Mathematical induction -- Discrete mathematics -- Proofs without words -- Theory of games -- Pick's theorem -- Lattice-point polygons -- Polygonal dissection -- Functions and relations -- Graph theory -- Infinity -- Order theory -- Real analysis.

Summary: "A textbook for students who are learning how to write a mathematical proof, a validation of the truth of a mathematical statement"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Fairview College LRC	NU Fairview College LRC	School of Arts and Sciences	General Circulation	GC QA 954 H36 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		NUFAI000004488

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"A textbook for students who are learning how to write a mathematical proof, a validation of the truth of a mathematical statement"-- Provided by publisher.

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