Number Systems: An Introduction to Algebra and Analysis (Pure and Applied Undergraduate Texts) (The Sally Series: Pure and Applied Undergraduate Texts, 23)

by Sergei Ovchinnikov

This book offers a rigorous and coherent introduction to the five basic number systems of mathematics, namely natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, and complex numbers. It is a subject that many mathematicians believe should be learned by any student of mathematics including future teachers. The book starts with the development of Peano arithmetic in the first chapter which includes mathematical induction and elements of recursion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147042018X
• ISBN13: 9781470420185
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: American Mathematical Society
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.3" x 7.0"