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The Tools of Mathematical Reasoning
 
Tamara J. Lakins Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
The Tools of Mathematical Reasoning
Hardcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-2899-0
Product Code:  AMSTEXT/26
List Price: $85.00
MAA Member Price: $76.50
AMS Member Price: $68.00
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-3496-0
Product Code:  AMSTEXT/26.E
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AMS Member Price: $60.00
Hardcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-2899-0
eBook: ISBN:  978-1-4704-3496-0
Product Code:  AMSTEXT/26.B
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The Tools of Mathematical Reasoning
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The Tools of Mathematical Reasoning
Tamara J. Lakins Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Hardcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-2899-0
Product Code:  AMSTEXT/26
List Price: $85.00
MAA Member Price: $76.50
AMS Member Price: $68.00
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-3496-0
Product Code:  AMSTEXT/26.E
List Price: $75.00
MAA Member Price: $67.50
AMS Member Price: $60.00
Hardcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-2899-0
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-3496-0
Product Code:  AMSTEXT/26.B
List Price: $160.00 $122.50
MAA Member Price: $144.00 $110.25
AMS Member Price: $128.00 $98.00
  • Book Details
     
     
    Pure and Applied Undergraduate Texts
    Volume: 262016; 217 pp
    MSC: Primary 00

    This accessible textbook gives beginning undergraduate mathematics students a first exposure to introductory logic, proofs, sets, functions, number theory, relations, finite and infinite sets, and the foundations of analysis. The book provides students with a quick path to writing proofs and a practical collection of tools that they can use in later mathematics courses such as abstract algebra and analysis. The importance of the logical structure of a mathematical statement as a framework for finding a proof of that statement, and the proper use of variables, is an early and consistent theme used throughout the book.

    Readership

    Undergraduate students interested in advancing beyond computation-oriented mathematics courses to proof-based courses.

  • Table of Contents
     
     
    • Cover
    • Title page
    • Copyright page
    • Dedication
    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Language, logic, and proof
    • Techniques of proof
    • Induction
    • Sets
    • Functions
    • An introduction to number theory
    • Equivalence relations and partitions
    • Finite and infinite sets
    • Foundations of analysis
    • Writing mathematics
    • Bibliography
    • Index
    • Back Cover
  • Reviews
     
     
    • Lakins' book is a nice, solid exposition of the tools students need as they transition to abstract mathematical thinking.

      Michele Intermont, MAA Reviews
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Volume: 262016; 217 pp
MSC: Primary 00

This accessible textbook gives beginning undergraduate mathematics students a first exposure to introductory logic, proofs, sets, functions, number theory, relations, finite and infinite sets, and the foundations of analysis. The book provides students with a quick path to writing proofs and a practical collection of tools that they can use in later mathematics courses such as abstract algebra and analysis. The importance of the logical structure of a mathematical statement as a framework for finding a proof of that statement, and the proper use of variables, is an early and consistent theme used throughout the book.

Readership

Undergraduate students interested in advancing beyond computation-oriented mathematics courses to proof-based courses.

  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Language, logic, and proof
  • Techniques of proof
  • Induction
  • Sets
  • Functions
  • An introduction to number theory
  • Equivalence relations and partitions
  • Finite and infinite sets
  • Foundations of analysis
  • Writing mathematics
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover
  • Lakins' book is a nice, solid exposition of the tools students need as they transition to abstract mathematical thinking.

    Michele Intermont, MAA Reviews
Review Copy – for publishers of book reviews
Desk Copy – for instructors who have adopted an AMS textbook for a course
Examination Copy – for faculty considering an AMS textbook for a course
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