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Dewey Class	511.3
Title	An Invitation to Abstract Mathematics (EB) / by Béla Bajnok.
Author	Bajnok, Béla
Other name(s)	SpringerLink (Online service)
Publication	New York, NY : Springer
Publication	, 2013.
Physical Details	XIV, 406 pages : online resource.
Series	Undergraduate texts in mathematics 0172-6056
ISBN	9781461466369
Summary Note	This undergraduate textbook is intended primarily for a transition course into higher mathematics, although it is written with a broader audience in mind.Â The heart and soul of this book is problem solving, where each problem is carefully chosen to clarify a concept, demonstrate a technique, or to enthuse. The exercises require relatively extensive arguments, creative approaches, or both, thus providing motivation for the reader. With a unified approach to a diverse collection of topics, this text points out connections, similarities, and differences among subjects whenever possible. This book shows students that mathematics is a vibrant and dynamic human enterprise by including historical perspectives and notes on the giants of mathematics, by mentioning current activity in the mathematical community, and by discussing many famous and less well-known questions that remain open for future mathematicians. Ideally, this text should be used for a two semester course, where the first course has no prerequisites and the second is a more challenging course for math majors; yet, the flexible structure of the book allows it to be used in a variety of settings, including as a source of various independent-study and research projects.:
Contents note	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? -- 5 Famous Classical Theorems -- 6 Recent Progress in Mathematics -- II How to Solve It? -- 7 Let's be Logical! -- 8 Setting Examples -- 9 Quantifier Mechanics -- 10 Mathematical Structures -- 11 Working in the Fields (and Other Structures) -- 12 Universal Proofs -- 13 The Domino Effect -- 14 More Domino Games -- 15 Existential Proofs -- 16 A Cornucopia of Famous Problems -- III Advanced Math for Beginners -- 17 Good Relations -- 18 Order, Please! -- 19 Let's be Functional! -- 20 Now That's the Limit! -- 21 Sizing It Up -- 22 Infinite Delights -- 23 Number Systems Systematically -- 24 Games Are Valuable! -- IV. Appendices -- A. Famous Conjectures in Mathematics -- B The Foundations of Set Theory -- C All Games Considered -- D Top 40 List of Math Theorems. - Index.
System details note	Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users)..
Internet Site	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6636-9
Links to Related Works	Subject References: History of Mathematical Sciences . Logic, Symbolic and mathematical . Mathematical Logic and Foundations . Mathematics . Mathematics, general . Authors: Bajnok, Béla . Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service) . Series: Undergraduate texts in mathematics . Classification: 511.3 . 511.3 (DDC 23) .

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