How to Think Like a Mathematician
Subtitle: a Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780511506451; 9781283330251
Subjects: Mathematics
Description: This arsenal of tips and techniques eases new students into undergraduate mathematics, unlocking the world of definitions, theorems, and proofs.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; PART I Study skills for mathematicians; PART II How to think logically; PART III Definitions, theorems and proofs; PART IV Techniques of proof; PART V Mathematics that all good mathematicians need; PART VI Closing remarks; APPENDIX A Greek alphabet; APPENDIX B Commonly used symbols and notation; APPENDIX C How to prove that ... ; Index.