A FIRST ACQUAINTANCE
1 Introduction
In this course writing mathematical proofs is a goal --one of the most important ones, I would add-- Many students have trouble writing proofs, even students in advanced levels. Those difficulties are due to a mixture of reasons:
- Poor understanding of logic, in particular, of what an argument is.
- Inefficient study methods, where the student does not relate the different pieces of knowledge acquired.
- Unaccountable fear of mathematical symbols, which is again originated in a feeble understanding between a symbol and its meaning.
- Unawareness of the importance of precision in language.
- The profoundly erroneous yet widespread believe that mathematics do not require creativity.
These little notes are intended to help students to be able to write good mathematical proofs.
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