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Projective geometry: From foundations to applications

By Albrecht Beutelspacher , Ute Rosenbaum

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1998
ISBN
9780521483643, 0521483646, 0521482771, 9780521482776
LCC
QA471 .B5613 1998
Open Library ID
OL671993M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1853913 bytes)
Pages
267\267
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-12-04 00:34:26

Description

This book introduces the basic ideas of mathematical proof to students embarking on university mathematics. The emphasis is on helping the reader to understand and construct proofs and write clear mathematics. The authors achieve this by exploring set theory, combinatorics and number theory, which include many fundamental mathematical ideas. This material illustrates how familiar ideas can be formulated rigorously, provides examples demonstrating a wide range of basic methods of proof, and includes some of the all time great classic proofs. The book presents mathematics as a continually developing subject. Material meeting the needs of readers from a wide range of backgrounds is included. The over 250 problems include questions to interest and challenge the most able student but also plenty of routine exercises to help familiarize the reader with the basic ideas.

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