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Author Roberts, Charles E., 1942-

Title Introduction to mathematical proofs : a transition to advanced mathematics / Charles E. Roberts, Jr., Indiana State University, Terre Haute, USA
Edition Second edition
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 400 pages) : illustrations
Series Textbooks in mathematics
Textbooks in mathematics (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface; Chapter 1: Logic; Chapter 2: Deductive Mathematical Systems and Proofs; Chapter 3: Set Theory; Chapter 4: Relations; Chapter 5: Functions; Chapter 6: Mathematical Induction; Chapter 7: Cardinalities of Sets; Chapter 8: Proofs from Real Analysis; Chapter 9: Proofs from Group Theory; Appendix: Reading and Writing Mathematical Proofs; Answers to Selected Exercises; References; Back Cover
Summary Logic Statements, Negation, and Compound Statements Truth Tables and Logical Equivalences Conditional and Biconditional Statements Logical Arguments Open Statements and Quantifiers Chapter Review Deductive Mathematical Systems and Proofs Deductive Mathematical Systems Mathematical Proofs Chapter Review Set Theory Sets and Subsets Set Operations Additional Set Operations Generalized Set Union and Intersection Chapter ReviewRelations Relations The Order Relations, Reflexive, Symmetric, Transitive, and Equivalence Relations Equivalence Relations, Equivalence Classes, and Partitions Chapter Revie
Notes "A Chapman & Hall book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-390) and index
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Subject Proof theory -- Textbooks
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical -- Textbooks
MATHEMATICS -- General.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
Proof theory
Genre/Form Electronic books
Textbooks
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781482246889
1482246880