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020			_a9781470470272
082			_a511.36 _bCHO
100			_aChow, Bennett
245			_aIntroduction to proof through number theory
260			_bAmerican Mathematical Society, _c2023 _aProvidence :
300			_axviii, 442 p. ; _bill., (some col.), _c26 cm
365			_b89.00 _cUSD _d86.10
490			_aPure and applied undergraduate texts, 1943-9334 ; _vv.61
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aLighten up about mathematics! Have fun. If you read this book, you will have to endure bad math puns and jokes and out-of-date pop culture references. You'll learn some really cool mathematics to boot. In the process, you will immerse yourself in living, thinking, and breathing logical reasoning. We like to call this proofs, which to some is a bogey word, but to us it is a boogie word. You will learn how to solve problems, real and imagined. After all, math is a game where, although the rules are pretty much set, we are left to our imaginations to create. Think of this book as blueprints, but you are the architect of what structures you want to build. Make sure you lay a good foundation, for otherwise your buildings might fall down. To help you through this, we guide you to think and plan carefully. Our playground consists of basic math, with a loving emphasis on number theory. We will encounter the known and the unknown. Ancient and modern inquirers left us with elementary-sounding mathematical puzzles that are unsolved to this day. You will learn induction, logic, set theory, arithmetic, and algebra, and you may one day solve one of these puzzles.
650			_aNumber theory
650			_aProof theory
650			_aMersenne conjectures
650			_aFibonacci numbers
650			_aRigor
650			_aLogic puzzles
650			_aDivision theorem
650			_aCartesian products
650			_aFun congruence facts
650			_aFermat's Little theorem
650			_aBinomial theorem
650			_aCounting problem
650			_aLaw of quadratic reciproty
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