The Mathematics Of Structures
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| Author | : Larry Gerstein |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 355 |
| Release | : 2013-11-21 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1468467085 |
This is a textbook for a one-term course whose goal is to ease the transition from lower-division calculus courses to upper-division courses in linear and abstract algebra, real and complex analysis, number theory, topology, combinatorics, and so on. Without such a "bridge" course, most upper division instructors feel the need to start their courses with the rudiments of logic, set theory, equivalence relations, and other basic mathematical raw materials before getting on with the subject at hand. Students who are new to higher mathematics are often startled to discover that mathematics is a subject of ideas, and not just formulaic rituals, and that they are now expected to understand and create mathematical proofs. Mastery of an assortment of technical tricks may have carried the students through calculus, but it is no longer a guarantee of academic success. Students need experience in working with abstract ideas at a nontrivial level if they are to achieve the sophisticated blend of knowledge, disci pline, and creativity that we call "mathematical maturity. " I don't believe that "theorem-proving" can be taught any more than "question-answering" can be taught. Nevertheless, I have found that it is possible to guide stu dents gently into the process of mathematical proof in such a way that they become comfortable with the experience and begin asking them selves questions that will lead them in the right direction.
| Author | : Larry J. Gerstein |
| Publisher | : W H Freeman & Company |
| Total Pages | : 413 |
| Release | : 1987-01-01 |
| Genre | : Algebra, Abstract. |
| ISBN | : 9780716718048 |
Provides a brief but substantial introduction to ideas, structures and techniques in discrete mathematics and abstract algebra. It addresses many of the common mathematical needs of students in mathematics and computer science at undergraduate level.
| Author | : Bernard Kolman |
| Publisher | : Prentice Hall |
| Total Pages | : 488 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : |
This text has been designed as a complete introduction to discrete mathematics, primarily for computer science majors in either a one or two semester course. The topics addressed are of genuine use in computer science, and are presented in a logically coherent fashion. The material has been organized and interrelated to minimize the mass of definitions and the abstraction of some of the theory. For example, relations and directed graphs are treated as two aspects of the same mathematical idea. Whenever possible each new idea uses previously encountered material, and then developed in such a way that it simplifies the more complex ideas that follow.
| Author | : Joseph Landin |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 275 |
| Release | : 2012-08-29 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 0486150410 |
This self-contained text covers sets and numbers, elements of set theory, real numbers, the theory of groups, group isomorphism and homomorphism, theory of rings, and polynomial rings. 1969 edition.
| Author | : Hans Freudenthal |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 604 |
| Release | : 2005-11-28 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 030647235X |
The launch ofa new book series is always a challenging eventn ot only for the Editorial Board and the Publisher, but also, and more particularly, for the first author. Both the Editorial Board and the Publisher are delightedt hat the first author in this series isw ell able to meet the challenge. Professor Freudenthal needs no introduction toanyone in the Mathematics Education field and it is particularly fitting that his book should be the first in this new series because it was in 1968 that he, and Reidel, produced the first issue oft he journal Edu cational Studies in Mathematics. Breakingfresh ground is therefore nothing new to Professor Freudenthal and this book illustrates well his pleasure at such a task. To be strictly correct the ‘ground’ which he has broken here is not new, but aswith Mathematics as an Educational Task and Weeding and Sowing, it is rather the novelty oft he manner in which he has carried out his analysis which provides us with so many fresh perspectives. It is our intention that this new book series should provide those who work int he emerging discipline of mathematicseducation with an essential resource, and at a time of considerable concern about the whole mathematics cu rriculum this book represents just such resource. ALAN J. BISHOP Managing Editor vii A LOOK BACKWARD AND A LOOK FORWARD Men die, systems last.
| Author | : Gordon J. Pace |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 2012-07-09 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 3642298397 |
Mathematics plays a key role in computer science, some researchers would consider computers as nothing but the physical embodiment of mathematical systems. And whether you are designing a digital circuit, a computer program or a new programming language, you need mathematics to be able to reason about the design -- its correctness, robustness and dependability. This book covers the foundational mathematics necessary for courses in computer science. The common approach to presenting mathematical concepts and operators is to define them in terms of properties they satisfy, and then based on these definitions develop ways of computing the result of applying the operators and prove them correct. This book is mainly written for computer science students, so here the author takes a different approach: he starts by defining ways of calculating the results of applying the operators and then proves that they satisfy various properties. After justifying his underlying approach the author offers detailed chapters covering propositional logic, predicate calculus, sets, relations, discrete structures, structured types, numbers, and reasoning about programs. The book contains chapter and section summaries, detailed proofs and many end-of-section exercises -- key to the learning process. The book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, and although the treatment focuses on areas with frequent applications in computer science, the book is also suitable for students of mathematics and engineering.
| Author | : Stephan Foldes |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 362 |
| Release | : 2011-02-14 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 1118031431 |
Introduces and clarifies the basic theories of 12 structural concepts, offering a fundamental theory of groups, rings and other algebraic structures. Identifies essentials and describes interrelationships between particular theories. Selected classical theorems and results relevant to current research are proved rigorously within the theory of each structure. Throughout the text the reader is frequently prompted to perform integrated exercises of verification and to explore examples.
| Author | : Warren Page |
| Publisher | : Courier Dover Publications |
| Total Pages | : 398 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 9780486658087 |
Exceptionally smooth, clear, detailed examination of uniform spaces, topological groups, topological vector spaces, topological algebras and abstract harmonic analysis. Also, topological vector-valued measure spaces as well as numerous problems and examples. For advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students. Bibliography. Index.
| Author | : Charles S. Chihara |
| Publisher | : Clarendon Press |
| Total Pages | : 395 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0199267537 |
Charles Chihara's new book develops and defends a structural view of the nature of mathematics, and uses it to explain a number of striking features of mathematics that have puzzled philosophers for centuries. The view is used to show that, in order to understand how mathematical systems areapplied in science and everyday life, it is not necessary to assume that its theorems either presuppose mathematical objects or are even true.Chihara builds upon his previous work, in which he presented a new system of mathematics, the constructibility theory, which did not make reference to, or presuppose, mathematical objects. Now he develops the project further by analysing mathematical systems currently used by scientists to show howsuch systems are compatible with this nominalistic outlook. He advances several new ways of undermining the heavily discussed indispensability argument for the existence of mathematical objects made famous by Willard Quine and Hilary Putnam. And Chihara presents a rationale for the nominalisticoutlook that is quite different from those generally put forward, which he maintains have led to serious misunderstandings.A Structural Account of Mathematics will be required reading for anyone working in this field.
| Author | : Judith L. Gersting |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 830 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 9780716768647 |
This edition offers a pedagogically rich and intuitive introduction to discrete mathematics structures. It meets the needs of computer science majors by being both comprehensive and accessible.
