Mathematical Proofs: A Transition to Advanced Mathematics (3rd Edition)

7 reviews for Mathematical Proofs: A Transition to Advanced Mathematics (3rd Edition)

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Mitchel J. Haas (verified owner) – July 7, 2013

   Although the price is a little high, the book is well worth the price. This is one of those books where the authors leave nothing out by assuming you know something that you don’t, but yet are concise in their delivery, without being wordy and adding a lot of unneeded discussion. Part of the learning and discovery are in the well thought out exercises, so you’ll want to do all of them. You shouldn’t have any problems doing them all, because there was nothing left out in the chapters which would not allow you to complete all the exercises.

   The book covers all the basics of sets and logic, in case you are not up to speed on those topics. Later chapters focus on various topics, so you could skip some of those that don’t interest you. This book is highly recommended before undertaking a rigorous calculus or other higher level math course, since the study of proofs seems to be something that is left out these days in high school and college.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Tom Kelley (verified owner) – July 20, 2014

   Really good for mathematical proofs. Needs a little more explanation about set theory and how x and y can be moved across sets A and B because it seems vague. Also, needs to clearly state that if any number x is even, then x = 2k where k is an integer. Also if any number y is odd, then y = 2k + 1 where k is an integer. That wasn’t really as clearly explained as I would have liked it to be.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Gabriel Martinez (verified owner) – July 24, 2014

   great text

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Sami Alfaraj (verified owner) – March 2, 2016

   great!

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   BookReview (verified owner) – May 19, 2018

   I’ve poured over so many books out there on the fundamentals of proofs (using it for self study), and I haven’t come across anything that even remotely rises to the level of excellence found in this text. I wish I could give it 6 stars.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Craig Hillier (verified owner) – February 22, 2020

   Great book. The difficulty feels just right, not too rigorous and introduces each section with plenty of examples and easy to follow.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   cagson (verified owner) – September 26, 2020

   100% better than How To Prove It. If you do the exercises in the book for each chapter (w/ solution manual), I guarantee you will pass any mathematical structure class and end up in a better position than every math major in your school.

   The chapter lessons are easy to understand and curt, but the exercises are where this book shines.