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If anyone is interested in how mathematicians think and do proofs there are many helpful books. For example, Mathematical Proofs: A Transition to Advanced Math
by uncultured 12y ago
If anyone is interested in how mathematicians think and do proofs there are many helpful books. For example,
Mathematical Proofs: A Transition to Advanced Mathematics by Chartrand and others.
How to Prove It: A Structured Approach by Velleman.
Learning to Reason: An Introduction to Logic, Sets, and Relations by Nancy Rodgers.
Elementary Discrete Math books make for great intro to proofs and math thought:
Discrete Mathematics with Applications by Epp.
Mathematics: A Discrete Introduction by Scheinerman.
There are tons of terrific introductory books on other subjects in math if anyone's interested.
- gradstudent 12y agoI can't agree more re Epp. Best discrete maths book by a country mile (and I've seen a few!).
- jonsen 12y agoCould you tell what makes it better than Rosen's?: http://www.amazon.com/Discrete-Mathematics-Applications-Kenneth-Rosen/dp/0073383090 http://www.amazon.com/Discrete-Mathematics-Applications-Kenn...
- uncultured 12y agoEpp's book is much simpler.
- ph4 12y agoI'm taking Discrete Math now and have both books. Epps' has much simpler explanations. I haven't taken algebra in 5 years and find that Rosen's assumes a lot more knowledge, frequently skipping lots of steps in its explanations, which can be very confusing if you are rusty in the basics.
- poikniok 12y agoIf you don't mind could you list some more books that you think are particularly great? Topic to me is not so important, as I am interested in just books that are the best in their field. Much appreciated!