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Math Theorems

  • 10-06-2009 11:59am
    #1
    Pi^2
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 137 ✭✭


    Where can one find a large collection of math proofs. I quite enjoy reading them. Especially the delightful insightful ones..


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  • #2
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Two books that come to mind which focus on collecting insightful or clever proofs:

    Proofs from the book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/3540404600

    Nonplussed! Mathematical Proof of IMplausible Ideas: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0691120560


  • #3
    Pi^2
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 137 ✭✭Pi^2


    Awesome, cheers I just got the first one out from the library. Might look into the second too.

    As much fun as I'm going to have with this book, I still want like a large collection of proofs and theorems and lemmas. Surely all these would be opensource and should be catalogues/stored somewhere on the internet...

    Thanks again ecksor


  • #4
    Fremen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭Fremen


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematical_proofs

    The Banach-Tarski paradox is particularly freaky. Gödel's incompleteness theorem is very interesting too. In general, if you want anything more specialised, you'll have to consult textbooks or online lecture notes.


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