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Universal Proofs

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Part of the book series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics ((UTM))

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We have already discussed the role of proofs in mathematics and have seen a variety of examples for proofs (e.g., in Chaps. 4, 5, and 11). Having learned about logic, sets, and quantifiers, we are now able to study proofs more formally and thus deepen our understanding of them.

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© 2013 Béla Bajnok

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Bajnok, B. (2013). Universal Proofs. In: An Invitation to Abstract Mathematics. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6636-9_12

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