Mathematics: A very short introduction

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Author(s): Timothy Gowers
Series: Very short introductions n°66
Publisher: Oxford university press
Year: 2002

Language: English
Pages: 154

Cover......Page 1
Title page......Page 2
Preface......Page 6
List of diagrams......Page 10
1 Models......Page 12
2 Numbers and abstraction......Page 28
3 Proofs......Page 46
4 Limits and infinity......Page 67
5 Dimension......Page 81
6 Geometry......Page 97
7 Estimates and approximations......Page 123
8 Some frequently asked questions......Page 137
Further reading......Page 150
Index......Page 152