Introduction to Mathematical Structures and Proofs

• Main Author: Gerstein, Larry J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2012.
• Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Mathematical logic.; Number theory.; Combinatorics.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; Number Theory.

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Table of Contents:

• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• 1. Logic
• 2. Sets
• 3. Functions
• 4. Finite and Infinite Sets
• 5. Combinatorics
• 6. Number Theory
• 7. Complex Numbers
• Hints and Partial Solutions to Selected Odd-Numbered Exercises
• Index.