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Formal Background to Mathematics
R. E. Edwards
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Paperback. Series: Universitext. Num Pages: 969 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBK; PBKJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1460.
§1 Faced by the questions mentioned in the Preface I was prompted to write this book on the assumption that a typical reader will have certain characteristics. He will presumably be familiar with conventional accounts of certain portions of mathematics and with many so-called mathematical statements, some of which (the theorems) he will know (either because he has himself studied and digested a proof or because he accepts the authority of others) to be true, and others of which he will know (by the same token) to be false. He will nevertheless be conscious of and perturbed by a lack ... Read more
§1 Faced by the questions mentioned in the Preface I was prompted to write this book on the assumption that a typical reader will have certain characteristics. He will presumably be familiar with conventional accounts of certain portions of mathematics and with many so-called mathematical statements, some of which (the theorems) he will know (either because he has himself studied and digested a proof or because he accepts the authority of others) to be true, and others of which he will know (by the same token) to be false. He will nevertheless be conscious of and perturbed by a lack ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
969
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Universitext
Condition
New
Number of Pages
935
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387904313
SKU
V9780387904313
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