John W. Dawson, Jr., with the assistance of Bruce S. Babcock and with a chapter by Steven H. Weintraub
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1 online resource (xi, 204 pages) :
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illustrations
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Proofs in Mathematical Practice -- Motives for Finding Alternative Proofs -- Sums of Integers -- Quadratic Surds -- The Pythagorean Theorem -- The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic -- The Infinitude of the Primes -- The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra -- Desargues's Theorem -- The Prime Number Theorem -- The Irreducibility of the Cyclotomic Polynomials -- The Compactness of First-Order Languages -- Other Case Studies