Status
Available
Call number
Collections
Publication
Teaching Company (2012), DVD-ROM, 163-page booklet, 12 hours, 24 lectures
Description
The goal of this course is to introduce the topic of mathematical proofs and arguments. The course also discusses some of the most beautiful and important mathematical proofs and theorems throughout history.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
163 p.; 7 inches
ISBN
1598038877 / 9781598038873
Local notes
[01] What Are Proofs, and How Do I Do Them? [02] The Root of Proof: A Brief Look at Geometry [03] The Building Blocks: Introduction to Logic [04] More Blocks: Negations and Implications [05] Existence and Uniqueness: Quantifiers [06] The Simplest Road: Direct Proofs [07] Let's Go Backward: Proofs by Contradiction [08] Let's Go Both Ways: If-and-Only-If Proofs [09] The Language of Mathematics: Set Theory [10] Bigger and Bigger Sets: Infinite Sets [11] Mathematical Induction [12] Deeper and Deeper: More Induction [13] Strong Induction and the Fibonacci Numbers [14] I Exist Therefore I Am: Existence Proofs [15] I Am One of a Kind: Uniqueness Proofs [16] Let Me Count the Ways: Enumeration Proofs [17] Not True! Counterexamples and Paradoxes [18] When 1 = 2: False Proofs [19] A Picture Says It All: Visual Proofs [20] The Queen of Mathematics: Number Theory [21] Primal Studies: More Number Theory [22] Fun with Triangular and Square Numbers [23] Perfect Numbers and Mersenne Primes [24] Let's Wrap It Up: The Number e