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Title Transition to Higher Mathematics Structure and Proof Bob Dumas
Edition Second Edition
Published Minneapolis, MN Open Textbook Library
St. Louis, Missouri Open Scholarship 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Open textbook library
Contents Chapter 0. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Preliminaries -- Chapter 2. Relations -- Chapter 3. Proofs -- Chapter 4. Principle of Induction -- Chapter 5. Limits -- Chapter 6. Cardinality -- Chapter 7. Divisibility -- Chapter 8. The Real Numbers -- Chapter 9. Complex Numbers
Summary This book is written for students who have taken calculus and want to learn what "real mathematics" is. We hope you will find the material engaging and interesting, and that you will be encouraged to learn more advanced mathematics. This is the second edition of our text. It is intended for students who have taken a calculus course, and are interested in learning what higher mathematics is all about. It can be used as a textbook for an "Introduction to Proofs" course, or for self-study. Chapter 1: Preliminaries, Chapter 2: Relations, Chapter 3: Proofs, Chapter 4: Principles of Induction, Chapter 5: Limits, Chapter 6: Cardinality, Chapter 7: Divisibility, Chapter 8: The Real Numbers, Chapter 9: Complex Numbers. The last 4 chapters can also be used as independent introductions to four topics in mathematics: Cardinality; Divisibility; Real Numbers; Complex Numbers
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In English
Description based on online resource
Subject Mathematics -- Textbooks
Mathematics
Genre/Form Textbooks
Textbooks.
Form Electronic book
Author Dumas, Bob A author
McCarthy, John E author
Open Textbook Library, distributor.