Writing mathematical proofs
Authors
Wright, Justin
Date
4/1/2018
Type
text
textbook
textbook
Language
English
Keywords
proofs , IBL , direct proof , proof by contrapositive , proof by contradiction , induction , injection , surjection , bijection , infinite cardinality , Mathematics and sciences
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Abstract
Description
This text is intended to serve as an IBL style workbook to be used in an undergraduate introductory proof writing course. It covers direct, contrapositive, contradiction, biconditional, existence, uniqueness, induction, and set equality proofs while also covering fundamental topics from number theory, elementary real analysis, functions, and sets with infinite cardinality. It is assumed that the audience has attained a degree of mathematical maturity and has had some exposure to sets and logic, but knowledge of calculus or linear algebra is not required.
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Publisher
Plymouth State University