Keith Devlin (Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA)

Broschiertes Buch

Sets, Functions, and Logic

An Introduction to Abstract Mathematics, Third Edition

Beschreibung

Written by one of the world's leading popularizers of mathematics, this book is suitable for undergraduate students of mathematics. It offers an introductory chapter on the nature of mathematics, a chapter on complex numbers, and a discussion of formal symbolic logic. It helps the students to transitioning from calculus to higher mathematics.

Autor

Dr. Keith Devlin is Executive Director of Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information and a Consulting Professor of Mathematics at Stanford. He has written 23 books, one interactive book on CD-ROM, and over 70 published research articles. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a World Economic Forum Fellow, and a former member of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board of the National Academy of Sciences,. Dr. Devlin is also one of the world's leading popularizers of mathematics. Known as The Math Guy on NPR's Weekend Edition, he is a frequent contributor to other local and national radio and TV shows in the US and Britain, writes a monthly column for the Web journal MAA Online, and regularly writes on mathematics.

Produktdetails

• Chapman Hall/CRC Mathematics Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781584884491
• ISBN-10: 1584884495
• Artikelnr.: 21100862