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Prove it : the art of mathematical argument / Bruce H. Edwards.

Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, ©2012.

4 videodiscs (12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 157 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).

The goal of this course is to introduce the topic of mathematical proofs and arguments. The course also discusses some of the most beautiful and important mathematical proofs and theorems throughout history.

Great courses. Science & mathematics. Mathematics

Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.

Mathematics.

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Instructional films.

Educational films.

Lectures.

Edwards, Bruce H., 1946-

Teaching Company.

Art of mathematical argument

"Topic: Science & mathematics ; Subtopic: Mathematics."

Course No. 1431 ; 24 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture ; on 4 videodiscs in 1 container, with an accompanying guidebook.

Accompanying guidebook includes professor biography, course scope, lecture guides, solutions, and bibliography.

Special features: About the professor.

Accompanying course guidebook includes bibliographical references.

Lecturer: Professor Bruce H. Edwards, University of Florida.

DVD; full screen presentation.

What are proofs, and how do I do them? -- The root of proof: a brief look at geometry -- The building blocks: introduction to logic -- More blocks: negations and implications -- Existence and uniqueness: quantifiers -- The simplest road: direct proofs -- Let's go backward: proofs by contradiction -- Let's go both ways: if-and-only-if proofs -- The language of mathematics: set theory -- Bigger and bigger sets: infinite sets -- Mathematical induction -- Deeper and deeper: more induction -- Strong induction and the Fibonacci numbers -- I exist therefore I am: existence proofs -- I am one of a kind: uniqueness proofs -- Let me count the ways: enumeration proofs -- Not true! counterexamples and paradoxes -- When 1=2: false proofs -- A picture says it all: visual proofs -- The queen of mathematics: number theory -- Primal studies: more number theory -- Fun with triangular and square numbers -- Perfect numbers and mersenne primes -- Let's wrap it up: the number e.

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