A Transition to Advanced Mathematics 8th edition

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Douglas D. Smith, Maurice Eggen, and Richard St. Andre
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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  • Chapter 1: Logic and Proofs
    • 1.1: Propositions and Connectives
    • 1.2: Conditionals and Biconditionals
    • 1.3: Quantified Statements
    • 1.4: Basic Proof Methods I
    • 1.5: Basic Proof Methods II
    • 1.6: Proofs Involving Quantifiers
    • 1.7: Strategies for Constructing Proofs
    • 1.8: Proofs from Number Theory

  • Chapter 2: Sets and Induction
    • 2.1: Basic Concepts of Set Theory
    • 2.2: Set Operations
    • 2.3: Indexed Families of Sets
    • 2.4: Mathematical Induction
    • 2.5: Equivalent Forms of Induction
    • 2.6: Principles of Counting

  • Chapter 3: Relations and Partitions
    • 3.1: Relations
    • 3.2: Equivalence Relations
    • 3.3: Partitions
    • 3.4: Modular Arithmetic
    • 3.5: Ordering Relations

  • Chapter 4: Functions
    • 4.1: Functions as Relations
    • 4.2: Constructions of Functions
    • 4.3: Functions That Are Onto; One-to-One Functions
    • 4.4: Inverse Functions
    • 4.5: Set Images
    • 4.6: Sequences
    • 4.7: Limits and Continuity of Real Functions

  • Chapter 5: Cardinality
    • 5.1: Equivalent Sets; Finite Sets
    • 5.2: Infinite Sets
    • 5.3: Countable Sets
    • 5.4: The Ordering of Cardinal Numbers
    • 5.5: Comparability and the Axiom of Choice

  • Chapter 6: Concepts of Algebra
    • 6.1: Algebraic Structures
    • 6.2: Groups
    • 6.3: Subgroups
    • 6.4: Operation Preserving Maps
    • 6.5: Rings and Fields

  • Chapter 7: Concepts of Analysis
    • 7.1: The Completeness Property
    • 7.2: The Heine—Borel Theorem
    • 7.3: The Bolzano—Weierstrass Theorem
    • 7.4: The Bounded Monotone Sequence Theorem
    • 7.5: Equivalents of Completeness

  • Chapter A: Appendix: Sets, Number Systems, and Functions
    • A.1: Sets
    • A.2: Number Systems
    • A.3: Functions

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