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Solow, Daniel.

How to read and do proofs : an introduction to mathematical thought processes / Daniel Solow. - 5th ed. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2010. - xviii, 301 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The truth of it all -- The forward-backward method -- On definitions and mathematical terminology -- Quantifiers 1: the construction method -- Quantifiers II: the choose method -- Quantifiers III: specialization -- Quantifiers IV: nested quantifiers -- Nots of nots lead to knots -- the contradiction method -- The contrapositive method -- The uniqueness methods -- Induction -- The either/or methods -- The max/min methods -- Summary -- Appendices: Examples of proofs from discrete mathematics ; Examples of proofs from linear algebra ; Examples of proofs from modern algebra ; Examples of proofs from real analysis.

ISBN: 9780470392164 (pbk.) 0470392169 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2009043723

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA974217 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015336812 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Proof theory--Textbooks.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical--Textbooks.

LC Class. No.: QA9.54 / .S65 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 511.3 SOL/How