Reviews for Fundamentals of Mathematics (Student Solutions Manual)

The average rating for Fundamentals of Mathematics (Student Solutions Manual) based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-12-10 00:00:00 Clark Wallace I used this textbook for all my math classes so far, and I'm hoping to keep using it by getting the same professor until I'm no longer in 101 math classes. I also have been using this to practice my math skillz, since I'm not taking another math course until the spring semester. It was pretty expensive (to me!). Each course I had to get a new mathlab code (which was $100+), but the prof was thinking of next semester not using the mathlab, because it can get pricy. I'm hoping to get her for the third class in a row, and we don't need a new mathlab code.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-02-15 00:00:00 Michael Chu A real gem. More than an introduction to categories, if you stick with it this is an introduction to topos theory, and more generally an invitation to Lawvere-space. In other words, the treatment is largely synthetic (as opposed to analytic). Brouwer's fixed point theorem is a lovely payoff 1/3rd of the way through, and the Lawvere fixed point theorem that comes later, even better – if the treatment of dynamical systems etc. wasn't a thrill enough for the reader of what is in some respects a thoroughly elementary book. The philosophy and power of categorical thinking is also made abundantly clear. Towards the end (eg. section on connected component functor), the presentation gets a little sketchy and would benefit from supplementation from other sources, but overall a model of pedagogy and highly recommended!