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How to Think About Sets, Logic, and Proof

Autor Lara Alcock
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 iun 2027
Sets, logic, and proof are foundational topics in undergraduate mathematics. In one sense, they are basic: logic is 'natural' for mathematics undergraduates, who typically have good reasoning skills. In another sense, they are advanced: a specialist perspective is needed.How to Think About Logic, Sets, and Proof provides a friendly but mathematically serious introduction to thinking about these topics. It draws on research in mathematics education, psychology, linguistics, and philosophy to identify points where natural and mathematical thinking diverge. Part 1 contains six short introductory chapters. Chapter 1 introduces mathematical logic as a framework for validating arguments and as a solution to ambiguous communication. Chapter 2 explains how mathematical theories are structured, and how axioms, definitions, and theorems relate to sets, logic, and proof. Chapters 3, 4 and 5 introduce key ideas in sets, logic, and proof respectively. Chapter 6 discusses the syntax, semantics and pragmatics of mathematical communication.Part 2 contains eight longer chapters with deeper mathematical content. Chapter 7 discusses sets, subsets, De Morgan's laws, power sets, and infinite sets. Chapter 8 explains logical connectives, quantifiers, and negation, discussing truth tables and truth functionality. Chapter 9 discusses conditionals, drawing on research in psychology, linguistics and philosophy to explain the mathematical interpretation of 'if-then' statements. Chapter 10 discusses functions and relations, relating these foundational notions to the construction of number systems. Chapters 11, 12 and 13 discuss direct proof, indirect proof, and proof by induction respectively, relating proof structures to the preceding work on sets and logic. Chapter 14 rounds off the book, drawing together advice on mathematical communication.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780198979517
ISBN-10: 0198979517
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 144 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 129 x 196 mm
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Lara Alcock is a professor in the Department of Mathematics Education at Loughborough University. After a BSc and MSc in Mathematics, she completed her PhD in undergraduate mathematics education at the University of Warwick. She spent four years in the Department of Mathematics and the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, then two as a teaching fellow at the University of Essex. She was appointed as a lecturer at Loughborough in 2007, where she collaborates with colleagues, PhD students and project students to conduct research on mathematical thinking and learning in undergraduates and experts. She is author of the award-winning OUP book, How to Think About Abstract Algebra.