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Article: Essentials of Mathematics: Introduction to Theory, Proof and Professional Culture.(Book review)
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- Australian Mathematics Teacher
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- March 22, 2006
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Essentials of Mathematics: Introduction to Theory, Proof and Professional Culture Margie Hale Published by the Mathematical Association of America, Classroom Resource Materials Series 2003, 180pp., hardback, ISBN 0883857294 US $47.50
Each chapter of this interesting book begins with a background to the chapter's topic. These early sections do more than this however. While related to the content of the chapter, they also serve to provide exposition on many of the things that mathematicians normally take for granted, like knowing the names of the letters of the Greek alphabet and other idiosyncrasies of mathematical notation, the different ways to approach a proof, ...