The Art of Proof: Basic Training for Deeper Mathematics

Written to accompany a one- or two-semester course, this text combines rigor and wit to cover a plethora of topics from integers to uncountable sets. It teaches methods such as axiom, theorem, and proof through the mathematics rather than in abstract isolation.

Author: Matthias Beck,Ross Geoghegan
Publisher: Springer
Published: 08/31/2010
Pages: 182
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781441970220

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2011

About the Author

Matthias Beck received his initial training in mathematics in Würzburg, Germany, received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Temple University, and is now associate professor of mathematics at San Francisco State University. He is the recipient of the 2013 MAA Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. He is the author of a previously published Springer book, Computing the Continuous Discretely (with Sinai Robins).

Ross Geoghegan received his initial training in mathematics in Dublin, Ireland, received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Cornell University, and is now professor of mathematics at the State University of New York at Binghamton. He is the author of a previously published Springer book, Topological Methods in Group Theory.

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