A TeXas Style Introduction to Proof

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A lovely little book for beginning mathematics majors and other students encountering proofs for the firsttime. Students should find the text appealing, and it contains many good exercises that a professor can builda course around. The topic list covers the standard list of the fundamental background material for mostundergraduate courses: symbolic logic, induction, set theory, functions, and counting. The third appendixof the book is a 19-page introduction to the LaTeX mathematical typesetting language written for students. Overall, a most satisfying book for a beginning class in mathematical proofs."" - Curt Bennett, Professor of Mathematics at Loyola Marymount University and 2010 Haimo Award Winner

""A TEXas Style Introduction to Proof by Ron Taylor and Patrick X. Rault is truly delightful-full of humanizingcharm that softens the hard edge of mathematical rigor. It is gentle, lively, clear, and warm. Students whoread (or, more accurately, actively engage with) this book are cheerfully invited to enjoy the adventure oflearning to prove theorems for themselves. It regularly connects the mathematical precision of logic andproofs with whimsical examples outside math. From this book, students and their instructors will find manyproofs of the joy of mathematics."" - Michael Starbird, University Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin and 2007 Haimo Award Winner

""Taylor and Rault skillfully guide students through basic proof-writing techniques so that the student createsand discovers the content. The book is well-written, the integration of LaTeX is unique, and the authors havea fantastic sense of humor."" - Amanda Croll, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Concordia University, Irvine