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An Invitation to Abstract Mathematics

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Title/Author:	An Invitation to Abstract Mathematics/ by Béla Bajnok.
Author:	Bajnok, Béla.
Description:	XVI, 442 p. 99 illus.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Mathematical logic. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56174-1
ISBN:	9783030561741

An Invitation to Abstract Mathematics
Bajnok, Béla.

An Invitation to Abstract Mathematics[electronic resource] /by Béla Bajnok. - 2nd ed. 2020. - XVI, 442 p. 99 illus.online resource. - Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics,0172-6056. - Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics,.

Preface to Instructors -- Preface to Students -- Acknowledgments -- I What's Mathematics -- 1 Let's Play a Game! -- 2 What's the Name of the Game? -- 3 How to Make a Statement -- 4 What's True in Mathematics? -- A Ten Famous Conjectures.-B Ten Famous Theorems -- II The Foundations of Mathematics -- 5 Let's Be Logical! -- 6 Setting Examples -- 7 Quantifier Mechanics -- 8 Let's Be Functional! -- C The Foundations of Set Theory -- III How to Prove It -- 9 Universal Proofs -- 10 The Domino Theory -- 11 More Domino Games -- 12 Existential Proofs -- D Ten Famous Problems -- IV Advanced Math for Beginners -- 13 Mathematical Structures -- 14 Working in the Fields (and Other Structures) -- 15 Group Work -- 16 Good Relations -- 17 Order, Please! -- 18 Now That's the Limit! -- 19 Sizing It Up -- 20 Infinite Delights -- 21 Number Systems Systematically -- 22 Games Are Valuable! -- E Graphic Content -- F All Games Considered -- G A Top Forty List of Math Theorems.

This undergraduate textbook promotes an active transition to higher mathematics. Problem solving is the heart and soul of this book: each problem is carefully chosen to demonstrate, elucidate, or extend a concept. More than 300 exercises engage the reader in extensive arguments and creative approaches, while exploring connections between fundamental mathematical topics. Divided into four parts, this book begins with a playful exploration of the building blocks of mathematics, such as definitions, axioms, and proofs. A study of the fundamental concepts of logic, sets, and functions follows, before focus turns to methods of proof. Having covered the core of a transition course, the author goes on to present a selection of advanced topics that offer opportunities for extension or further study. Throughout, appendices touch on historical perspectives, current trends, and open questions, showing mathematics as a vibrant and dynamic human enterprise. This second edition has been reorganized to better reflect the layout and curriculum of standard transition courses. It also features recent developments and improved appendices. An Invitation to Abstract Mathematics is ideal for those seeking a challenging and engaging transition to advanced mathematics, and will appeal to both undergraduates majoring in mathematics, as well as non-math majors interested in exploring higher-level concepts. From reviews of the first edition: Bajnok’s new book truly invites students to enjoy the beauty, power, and challenge of abstract mathematics. … The book can be used as a text for traditional transition or structure courses … but since Bajnok invites all students, not just mathematics majors, to enjoy the subject, he assumes very little background knowledge. Jill Dietz, MAA Reviews The style of writing is careful, but joyously enthusiastic…. The author’s clear attitude is that mathematics consists of problem solving, and that writing a proof falls into this category. Students of mathematics are, therefore, engaged in problem solving, and should be given problems to solve, rather than problems to imitate. The author attributes this approach to his Hungarian background … and encourages students to embrace the challenge in the same way an athlete engages in vigorous practice. John Perry, zbMATH.

ISBN: 9783030561741

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-56174-1doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

810627
Mathematical logic.

LC Class. No.: QA8.9-10.3

Dewey Class. No.: 511.3

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