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MATH 2409 - Introduction to Proofs

Credits: 4 Class: 4 Lab: 0
Prerequisite(s): A grade of C or better in MATH 2401  or MATH 2411  or MATH 2421 .
This course is designed to introduce students to formal and informal languages of mathematics, and to ideas and techniques for analyzing, constructing, and properly writing mathematical proofs. Specific topics may include propositional and quantificational logic, analysis and synthesis of proofs, induction, sets, functions, rational and real numbers, elements of number theory and group theory. This course serves as a gateway to other proof based courses, such as analysis and abstract algebra.


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