Description

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This classic undergraduate text acquaints students with the fundamental concepts and methods of mathematics. In addition to introducing many historical figures from the 18th through the mid-20th centuries, it examines the axiomatic method, set theory, infinite sets, groups, intuitionism, formal systems, mathematical logic, and other topics. 1965 second edition.

About the Author

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Raymond L. Wilder (1896-1982) was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan. After his 1967 retirement, he served as a research associate and lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara.