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How to Think Like a Mathematician: A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics by Kevin Houston (Paperback, 2009)
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Looking for a head start in your undergraduate degree in mathematics? Maybe you've already started your degree and feel bewildered by the subject you previously loved? Don't panic! This friendly companion will ease your transition to real mathematical thinking. Working through the book you will develop an arsenal of techniques to help you unlock the meaning of definitions, theorems and proofs, solve problems, and write mathematics effectively. All the major methods of proof - direct method, cases, induction, contradiction and contrapositive - are featured. Concrete examples are used throughout, and you'll get plenty of practice on topics common to many courses such as divisors, Euclidean algorithms, modular arithmetic, equivalence relations, and injectivity and surjectivity of functions. The material has been tested by real students over many years so all the essentials are covered. With over 300 exercises to help you test your progress, you'll soon learn how to think like a mathematician.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521719780
eBay Product ID (ePID)89009212
Product Key Features
Number of Pages274 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHow to Think like a Mathematician: a Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics
Publication Year2009
SubjectMathematics
TypeTextbook
AuthorKevin Houston
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height254 mm
Item Weight540 g
Item Width195 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorKevin Houston
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- 21 Sep, 2016
Essential
Anyone looking to study mathematics at university should seriously consider purchasing this. Kevin Houston covers essential topics such as how to think logically, various techniques of proof and how to read and write mathematics. It's helped me to understand how to solve problems and not have such a compartmentalised thought process. I would also recommend this to A-Level students who might be sitting the STEP exams. I wish I'd had it then.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 26 Oct, 2021
Excellent book for learning Mathematicians' mindset
It helps to understand the mindset of Mathematicians, and so is useful to understand Mathematics.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 15 Dec, 2017
Thank you!
Brought as a Christmas present for a very clever boyfriend! I'm sure he'll love it, came well protected and very quickly, thank you!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 23 Sep, 2018
Educational read.
Bought for my daughter pre university, she enjoys it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
