Proof, Sets, and Logic
by M. Randall Holmes
Publisher: Boise State University 2009
Number of pages: 207
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This textbook is intended to communicate something about proof, sets, and logic. It is about the foundations of mathematics, a subject which results when mathematicians examine the subject matter and the practice of their own subject very carefully.
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