Foundations of mathematics

This book explains the motivation behind abstract foundational material based on students' experiences of school mathematics, and explicitly suggests ways students can make sense of formal ideas.

This second edition takes a significant step forward by not only making the transition from intuitive to formal methods, but also by reversing the process- using structure theorems to prove that formal systems have visual and symbolic interpretations that enhance mathematical thinking.

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Subject(s)Mathematics
Author(s)Ian Stewart, David Tall
Age16-19
Published2015
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Shelf referenceMA3 STE
ISN/ISBN9780198706434
Direct URLhttps://www-preprod.stem.org.uk/x8uug

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