diff --git a/math/proof/notes.page b/math/proof/notes.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ba2597b --- /dev/null +++ b/math/proof/notes.page @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +--- +format: markdown +toc: yes +title: Mathematical Proof Study Notes +... + +# Texts + +- *Book of Proof*, Richard Hammack + +# Reading Notes + +## *Hammack*, 25 Jan 2014 + +All of Mathematics can be described with sets. + +*set* +: A collection of things. The things in the set are called *elements*. + +An example of a set: ${2,4,6,8}$ + +The set of all integers: +$$ {\dots, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, \dots} $$ + +The dots mean the expressed pattern continues. + +Sets of infinitely many members are *infinite*, otherwise they are +*finite*. + +Sets are *equal* if they have exactly the same elements. + +E.g. ${2,4,5,8} = {4,2,8,6}$ but ${2,4,6,8} \neq {2,4,6,7}$. + +Uppercase letters often denote sets, e.g. $A = {1,2,3,4}$. + +To express membership, we use $\in$, as in $2 \in A$.