How to Read and Do Proofs

How to Read and Do Proofs by Daniel Solow

This text makes a great supplement and provides a systematic approach for teaching undergraduate and graduate students how to read, understand, think about, and do proofs. The approach is to categorize, identify, and explain (at the student's level) the various techniques that are used repeatedly in all proofs, regardless of the subject in which the proofs arise. How to Read and Do Proofs also explains when each technique is likely to be used, based on certain key words that appear in the problem under consideration. Doing so enables students to choose a technique consciously, based on the form of the problem.

"The instructional material is to the point, with well-considered examples and asides on common mistakesGood examples of the author's thoughtfulness appear in the discourses on pp. 5-6 of identifying the hypothesis and conclusion when they are not obvious, on pp. 28-29 regarding overlapping notation, and on pp. 190-191 of the advantages and disadvantages of generalization." (Zentralblatt MATH 2016)

Daniel Solow is a professor of management for the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. His research interests include developing and analyzing optimization models for studying complex adaptive systems, and basic research in deterministic optimization, including combinatorial optimization, linear and nonlinear programming. He has published over 20 papers on both topics.

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ISBN 13	9781118164020
ISBN 10	1118164024
Title	How to Read and Do Proofs
Author	Daniel Solow
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year published	2013-09-03
Number of pages	336
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