Roads to Infinity: The Mathematics of Truth and Proof

by John Stillwell

Book Overview

Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award for 2011

This book offers an introduction to modern ideas about infinity and their implications for mathematics. It unifies ideas from set theory and mathematical logic, and traces their effects on mainstream mathematical topics of today, such as number theory and combinatorics. The treatment is historical and partly informal, but with due attention to the subtleties of the subject.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032927143
• ISBN13: 9781032927145
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: A K PETERS
• Length: 216 Pages