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Introduction to Mathematics Scott A. Taylor

Introduction to Mathematics By Scott A. Taylor

Introduction to Mathematics by Scott A. Taylor


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Designed for an Introduction to Proofs course organised around the themes of number and space. Concepts are illustrated using both geometric and number examples, while frequent analogies and applications help build intuition and context in the humanities, arts, and sciences.

Introduction to Mathematics Summary

Introduction to Mathematics: Number, Space, and Structure by Scott A. Taylor

This textbook is designed for an Introduction to Proofs course organized around the themes of number and space. Concepts are illustrated using both geometric and number examples, while frequent analogies and applications help build intuition and context in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Sophisticated mathematical ideas are introduced early and then revisited several times in a spiral structure, allowing students to progressively develop rigorous thinking. Throughout, the presentation is enlivened with whimsical illustrations, apt quotations, and glimpses of mathematical history and culture. Early chapters integrate an introduction to sets, logic, and beginning proof techniques with a first exposure to more advanced mathematical structures. The middle chapters focus on equivalence relations, functions, and induction. Carefully chosen examples elucidate familiar topics, such as natural and rational numbers and angle measurements, as well as new mathematics, such as modular arithmetic and beginning graph theory. The book concludes with a thorough exploration of the cardinalities of finite and infinite sets and, in two optional chapters, brings all the topics together by constructing the real numbers and other complete metric spaces. Designed to foster the mental flexibility and rigorous thinking needed for advanced mathematics, Introduction to Mathematics suits either a lecture-based or flipped classroom. A year of mathematics, statistics, or computer science at the university level is assumed, but the main prerequisite is the willingness to engage in a new challenge.

About Scott A. Taylor

Scott A. Taylor, Colby College, Waterville, ME

Table of Contents

  • Sets
  • Sets with structure
  • Logic, briefly
  • Basic proof techniques, briefly
  • Building sets
  • Optional: Set theory axiomatics
  • Equivalence relations
  • Functions
  • Advanced proof techniques
  • The sizes of sets
  • Sequences: From numbers to spaces
  • New numbers from completed spaces
  • Axioms
  • A summary of proof techniques
  • Typography
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

Additional information

NPB9781470471880
9781470471880
1470471884
Introduction to Mathematics: Number, Space, and Structure by Scott A. Taylor
New
Paperback
American Mathematical Society
2023-09-30
436
N/A
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