VERY GOOD: The small softcover is in very good condition, showing only a minimal sign of use or wear. The pages are clean, the binding is tight, and the covers are straight.
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From the back cover: "In the course of the later chapters, the reader is introduced to some of the more recent developments in mathematics. Professor Niven's book may be read with profit by interested high school students as well as by college students and others who want to know more about the basic aspects of pure mathematics. Most readers will find the early chapters well within their grasp while ambitious readers will profit by the more advanced material to be found in later chapters."
BRIEF CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Natural Numbers and Integers
Chapter 2 - Rational Numbers
Chapter 3 - Real Numbers
Chapter 4 - Irrational Numbers
Chapter 5 - Trigonometric and Logarithmic Numbers
Chapter 6 - The Approximation of Irrationals by Rationals
Chapter 7 - The Existence of Transcendental Numbers
Appendix A - Proof That There Are Infinitely Many Prime Numbers
Appendix B - Proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
Appendix C - Cantor's Proof of the Existence of Transcendental Numbers
