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Math Proofs Demystified |  | Author: Stan Gibilisco
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 290
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0071445765
Dewey Decimal Number: 511.36
EAN: 9780071445764
ASIN: 0071445765
Publication Date: April 22, 2005
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Product Description
Almost every student has to study some sort of mathematical proofs, whether it be in geometry, trigonometry, or with higher-level topics. In addition, mathematical theorems have become an interesting course for many students outside of the mathematical arena, purely for the reasoning and logic that is needed to complete them. Therefore, it is not uncommon to have philosophy and law students grappling with proofs. This book is the perfect resource for demystifying the techniques and principles that govern the mathematical proof area, and is done with the standard “Demystified” level, questions and answers, and accessibility.
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 A Great Intro August 17, 2005
Aaron Rutledge
28 out of 30 found this review helpful
In this book Gibilisco will gently guide you through the nuts and bolts of how to write, read and construct mathematical proofs. The book is admittedly simplistic, after all, its target audience is the curious student who has little background in math and needs everyting spelled out at an elementary level. That being said, you will get more out of this book if you have taken math through Calc 1 than if you haven't had math since 1999, and that was algebra. He gives full answers to all of the problems he gives and the problems are sufficiently easy that the majority of people will be able answer them with modest thought. Overall, its a great intro for the curious reader and a great stepping stone to more advanced reading in Mathematics
an introduction to mathematical proof August 31, 2006
Patrick Regan (Northampton, MA USA)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
Math Proofs Demystified is about just what the title says, mathematical proof. I highly recommend this book as an introduction to the process of proof. However you should realize that this book is only an introduction. In other words, if you read this book and then set out to prove something and find yourself stumped, don't give up. Instead realize you have made a good start toward understanding proof and dig deeper with one of the books listed as further reading such as How To Prove It perhaps.
Understanding a Mathematician August 18, 2005
Fawn Angel (Cape Cod, MA. USA)
15 out of 22 found this review helpful
I often take long walks with a dear friend who is a mathematician.
I found this book and ordered it. The author has a very clear style
of writing, so much so that I put down many other books to read this book. I learned the meaning of words such as lemma, proof, axiom, corollary, postulate and theorem. After completing this book I went
onto other math books in this series. I remember a book read long ago entitled "Smilla's Sense of Snow" where Smilla's is a woman who loves ice and snow and lives in a world of numbers. I am beginning to understand the incredible beauty of Smilla's world. Thank-you Stan Gibilisco.
 Good, if you're in high school May 30, 2010
Monica M. Aponte
This book is too elementary for advanced students (upper undergraduate, graduate or above), * even non-math majors *, and even if you have never taken a course on math proofs or logic. You won't find much in this book that you haven't already gotten from other sources or learned "the hard way".
However, at the high school or lower undergraduate level, or for an extremely non-mathematically oriented person, I recommend it since it contains information that you're not likely to find in other books at that level, not only about proofs but also basic logic.
As for the "Demystified Series", I have another book that is great. This one was a disappointment.
 Should be retitled: A Few Tidbits November 2, 2007
Herbert L Calhoun (Falls Church, VA USA)
18 out of 22 found this review helpful
Again, I was greatly disappoinnted with this, my sixth book in the DeMYSTiFieD series. While there is a smattering of geometric proofs far into the book, there is no math to speak of, and certainly powerfully few math proofs. The geometry also does not quite rise to the level of ordinary examples in a good high school geometry text book.
There is a "scaled-back" introduction to symbolic logic, of sorts, which defines a few of the basic concepts and walks the reader through a few Venn diagrams and through a few extremely elementary propositional equations and other examples, but math proofs they are not. Since it is not a good introduction to anything, I am not sure what use this book could be recommended for?
What few "math" proofs there are appear appropriately enough as an addenum to the final chapter called "A Few Tidbits." In fact that should be the title of the entire book!
Sadly, the uninformed reader will complete this entire book without really even knowing what a "real" math proof is, or looks like; or worse yet, not even realizing that he doesn't know? Somehow one gets the impression the author did not take the time to find out himself what a math proof is. This clearly was an over night cut-and-paste deal, and on to the publishers.
This book is false advertisement at its worse. What a pity!
Less than 1 star.
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