Prove It: The Art of Mathematical Argument

by Bruce H. Edwards

DVD, 2012

Status

Available

Call number

510

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
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