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" Numbers and proofs / "
R.B.J.T. Allenby.
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BL
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875006
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Allenby, R. B. J. T.
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Numbers and proofs /\ R.B.J.T. Allenby.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Arnold ;New York :: Copublished in North, South, and Central America by John Wiley & Sons,, 1997.
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x, 274 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0340676531
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: 9780340676530
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Includes bibliographical references (page 269) and index.
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| Contents
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The need for proof -- Statements and connectives -- True of false? -- Sets, negations, notations and functions -- Proofs ... for all -- There exist ... proofs -- Principle of mathematical induction -- The integers and the rational numbers -- The rational numbers and the real numbers -- The real numbers and the complex numbers -- Guessing, analogy and transformation -- Generalization and specialization -- Fallacies and paradoxes -- and mistakes -- A mixed bag -- Hints/answers to the exercises.
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Proof theory.
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Beweis
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Einführung
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Mathematik
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Proof theory.
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Zahlentheorie
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Bewijstheorie.
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| Dewey Classification
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511.3
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| LC Classification
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QA9.54.A55 1997
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31.00bcl
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SK 130rvk
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| Cover Title
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Numbers & proofs
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