1st Edition

Mathematics A Minimal Introduction

By Alexandru Buium Copyright 2014
226 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

226 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

226 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

Bridging the gap between procedural mathematics that emphasizes calculations and conceptual mathematics that focuses on ideas, Mathematics: A Minimal Introduction presents an undergraduate-level introduction to pure mathematics and basic concepts of logic. The author builds logic and mathematics from scratch using essentially no background except natural language. He also carefully avoids... Read more

Pre-Mathematical Logic
Languages
Metalanguage
Syntax
Semantics
Tautologies
Witnesses
Theories
Proofs
Argot
Strategies
Examples

Mathematics
ZFC
Sets
Maps
Relations
Operations
Integers
Induction
Rationals
Combinatorics
Sequences
Reals
Topology
Imaginaries
Residues
p-adics
Groups
Orders
Vectors
Matrices
Determinants
Polynomials
Congruences
Lines
Conics
Cubics
Limits
Series
Trigonometry
Integrality
Reciprocity
Calculus
Metamodels
Categories
Functors
Objectives

Mathematical Logic
Models
Incompleteness

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Alexandru Buium is a professor of mathematics at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of four monographs and over 70 research papers in the areas of number theory and algebraic geometry. He has held visiting positions at Columbia University, the Institute for Advanced Study, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, University of Paris-Sud, and IHES.