MA 276 - Introduction to Proofs
- Credit Hours: 4R-0L-4C
- Term Available: F, W
- Graduate Studies Eligible: No
- Prerequisites: MA 112
- Corequisites: None
Introduction to writing mathematical proofs. Logic: direct proof, contradiction, contrapositive, counterexamples. Induction. Recursion. Sets: relations (order, equivalence), functions. Properties of infinite sets. Basic number theory. Important preparation for further courses in theoretical mathematics.