Distilling Ideas: An Introduction to Mathematical Thinking

Distilling Ideas: An Introduction to Mathematical Thinking (Mathematical Association of America Textbooks)

Mathematics is not a spectator sport; successful students of mathematics grapple with ideas for themselves. Distilling Ideas presents a carefully designed sequence of exercises and theorem statements that challenge students to create proofs and concepts. As students meet these challenges, they discover strategies of proofs and strategies of thinking beyond mathematics. In other words, Distilling Ideas helps its users to develop the skills, attitudes, and habits of mind of a mathematician, and to enjoy the process of distilling and exploring ideas. Distilling Ideas is an ideal textbook for a first proof-based course. The text engages the range of students' preferences and aesthetics through a corresponding variety of interesting mathematical content from graphs, groups, and epsilon-delta calculus. Each topic is accessible to users without a background in abstract mathematics because the concepts arise from asking questions about everyday experience. All the common proof structures emerge as natural solutions to authentic needs. Distilling Ideas or any subset of its chapters is an ideal resource either for an organized Inquiry Based Learning course or for individual study.
Country USA
Brand Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer American Mathematical Society
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber YES13820566
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781939512031
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer	American Mathematical Society
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	YES13820566
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781939512031
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Distilling Ideas: An Introduction to Mathematical Thinking (Mathematical Association of America Textbooks)

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