Proof Technology in Mathematics Research and Teaching (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This book presents chapters exploring the most recent developments in the role of technology in proving. The full range of topics related to this theme are explored, including computer proving, digital collaboration among mathematicians, mathematics teaching in schools and universities, and the use of the internet as a site of proof learning. Proving is sometimes thought to be the aspect of mathematical activity most resistant to the influence of technological change. While computational methods are well known to have a huge importance in applied mathematics, there is a perception that mathematicians seeking to derive new mathematical results are unaffected by the digital era. The reality is quite different. Digital technologies have transformed how mathematicians work together, how proof is taught in schools and universities, and even the nature of proof itself. Checking billions of cases in extremely large but finite sets, impossible a few decades ago, has now become a standard method of proof. Distributed proving, by teams of mathematicians working independently on sections of a problem, has become very much easier as digital communication facilitates the sharing and comparison of results. Proof assistants and dynamic proof environments have influenced the verification or refutation of conjectures, and ultimately how and why proof is taught in schools. And techniques from computer science for checking the validity of programs are being used to verify mathematical proofs. Chapters in this book include not only research reports and case studies, but also theoretical essays, reviews of the state of the art in selected areas, and historical studies. The authors are experts in the field.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Mathematics Education in the Digital Era, 14
Release date:	October 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	Gila Hanna • David A. Reid • Michael De Villiers
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	379
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-028482-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Children's & Educational > Mathematics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Mathematical foundations > Mathematical logic Books > Children's Fiction & Fun Books > Academic & Education > Primary & Secondary Education
LSN:	3-03-028482-4
Barcode:	9783030284824

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