Re:Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner
by leto_ii on Monday February 24, 2020 @07:54AM
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Does anybody have any experience with How to Prove It? by Velleman? Recently I was thinking of starting on it, but I'm not sure about the level of commitment necessary.
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Re:Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner
by strls on Monday February 24, 2020 @12:33PM
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I worked through this book to learn how to do proofs. It turned out way more fun than I expected. The book really did demystify proofs for me. It took several months of studying - there are many exercises. But completely worth it. I'm glad I have read this book before studying Group theory and Real analysis.
Re:Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner
by leto_ii on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @05:00AM
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Thanks!
Re:Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner
by manu_ss on Monday February 24, 2020 @09:16AM
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Seems to have some intro to logic and math language, if you have never read an math books as the ones referred in this post, that book should be a nice way to ease into it.
Re:Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner
by leto_ii on Monday February 24, 2020 @09:46AM
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I see, thanks. I do have some experience with proofs and maths in general, but I never went through a text dedicated explicitly to developing proving techniques.
I might give it a go anyway, but do you know of a more advanced version of this book as well?