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In the previous chapter we learned how to introduce mathematical concepts with definitions or as primitives. Once we introduce a new concept, we are interested in its properties, usually stated as mathematical statements. Statements are sentences that are either true or false—but not both.
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© 2013 Béla Bajnok
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Bajnok, B. (2013). How to Make a Statement?. In: An Invitation to Abstract Mathematics. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6636-9_3
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