A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Mathematics
Preamble
Preface
- To the student
- To the instructor
1 Introduction and notation
2 Logic and quantifiers
3 Proof techniques I — Standard methods
4 Sets
5 Proof techniques II — Induction
6 Relations and functions
7 Proof techniques III — Combinatorics
8 Cardinality
9 Proof techniques IV — Magic
References
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A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Mathematics

Chapter 7 Proof techniques III — Combinatorics

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