The Foundations of Mathematics

by David Tall (Author), David Tall (Author), Ian Stewart (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2015

  $107.81

  The transition from school to university mathematics is seldom straightforward. Students are faced with a disconnect between the algorithmic and informal attitude to mathematics at school, versus a new emphasis on proof, based on logic, and a more abstract development of general concepts, based on set theory. This book bridges the divide.