
Mathematical Reasoning: Writing and Proof
... course in the college mathematics curriculum that introduces students to the processes of constructing and writing proofs and focuses on the formal development of mathematics. The primary goals of the text are to help students: Develop logical thinking skills and to develop the ability to think mo ...
... course in the college mathematics curriculum that introduces students to the processes of constructing and writing proofs and focuses on the formal development of mathematics. The primary goals of the text are to help students: Develop logical thinking skills and to develop the ability to think mo ...
Not Always Buried Deep
... infinitely many integers n for which each fi (n) is prime, unless there is a “local obstruction,” i.e., a prime p dividing the product f1 (n) . . . fk (n) for every value of n. We adapt our heuristic to motivate a stronger, quantitative form of this conjecture put forward by Bateman & Horn [BH62], s ...
... infinitely many integers n for which each fi (n) is prime, unless there is a “local obstruction,” i.e., a prime p dividing the product f1 (n) . . . fk (n) for every value of n. We adapt our heuristic to motivate a stronger, quantitative form of this conjecture put forward by Bateman & Horn [BH62], s ...