Sets, functions, and logic. (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Keith Devlin.
• Other Names: Devlin, Keith J
• Contents: PREFACE; STUDENTS START HERE; WHAT IS MATHEMATICS AND WHAT DOES IT DO FOR US?; It's Not Just Numbers; Mathematical Notation; Making the Invisible Visible; This is Where You Come In; The Study of Modern Mathematics; MATH SPEAK; The Language of Mathematics: Part 1; Properties of the Language; The Language of Mathematics: Part 2; Properties of Quantification; Proofs in Mathematics; The Integers; Mathematical Truth; SET THEORY; Sets; Operations on Sets; Real Intervals; Absolute Values; Inequalities; Arbitrary Unions and Intersections; Cartesian Products; The Historical Development of Set Theory; FUNCTIONS; The Function Concept; Examples of Functions; History of the Modern Function Concept; One-One and onto Functions; Composition and Inverse Functions; Denumerability; Uncountability; RELATIONS; Binary Relations; Properties of Relations; Relations as Sets of Ordered Pairs; Relations as Graphs; Equivalence Relations; Functions as Relations; An Example: the Reals; Upper Bounds. Completeness; Sequences; No Answers to the Exercises; List of Symbols; Index
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 510; Mathematics; Mathematics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482286021; 1482286025
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.