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Re: books or courses with mathematical proofs
Posted:
Jun 22, 2012 5:24 AM
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On Jun 22, 6:26 pm, ahum <pierre.fran...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday, June 22, 2012 9:40:33 AM UTC+2, William Elliot wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Jun 2012, ahum wrote:
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> > > At this moment I'm studying IT(programming)in eveningschool. I will
> > > obtain a limited degree (one could compare it to a bachelor, but it
> > > isn't). This could lead to a full bachelor degree at a university. I
> > > would like to refresh my mathematical skills trough selfstudy, I would
> > > like to study my highschool maths but have trouble finding books or
> > > courses which contain the full proofs of the subjects. I have found many
> > > excellent books on algebra, calculus, geometry and others, but it is al
> > > applied, and no mathematical proofs whatsoever. And I really want these
> > > proofs, because I want to fully grasp and understand what I'm doing
> > > (which sounds obvious). Can you help me find the courses or books I
> > > need? I'm of course prepared to pay the price for books needed to
> > > increase my knowledge and skills. Thanks in advance
>
> > Proofs are now consider unneded and too hard for students.
> > Get either old text books or higher level texts.
>
> Thank you very much for the swift response. That's weird. And a bit of a disappointment. But my goal is to understand en grasp the subject, so I'm going to study it anyway.
> Can you provide me with some titles?
> Thanks again
>
> Pierre
AK Dewdney is a popular CS writer, might be a bit high level for a
Diploma course, but he covers a lot of material with concise proofs.
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/faculty/akd/akd.html
Herc
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