Studying Mathematics - The Beauty, the Toil and the Method (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book is dedicated to preparing prospective college students for the study of mathematics. It can be used at the end of high school or during the first year of college, for personal study or for introductory courses. It aims to set a meeting between two relatives who rarely speak to each other: the Mathematics of Beauty, which shows up in some popular books and films, and the Mathematics of Toil, which is widely known. Toil can be overcome through an appropriate method of work. Beauty will be found in the achievement of a way of thinking. The first part concerns the mathematical language: the expressions "for all", "there exists", "implies", "is false", ...; what is a proof by contradiction; how to use indices, sums, induction. The second part tackles specific difficulties: to study a definition, to understand an idea and apply it, to fix a slightly wrong argument, to discuss suggestions, to explain a proof. The third part presents customary techniques and points of view in college mathematics. The reader can choose one of three difficulty levels (A, B, C).

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	August 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Marco Bramanti • Giancarlo Travaglini
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	398
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-91354-4
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Italian
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject
LSN:	3-319-91354-9
Barcode:	9783319913544

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