Lara Alcock Bücher

Dieses Buch bietet praxisorientierte Hilfestellungen und fachspezifische Ratschläge für Studienanfänger der Mathematik und ihrer Anwendungsgebiete. Es handelt von den Eigenheiten der höheren Mathematik sowie der damit verbundenen Arbeits- und Denkweise, geht aber auch auf allgemeinere Herausforderungen des Studiums ein: Erläutert werden – neben zentralen Begriffen und Herangehensweisen der Mathematik – unter anderem die effektive Nutzung der zur Verfügung stehenden Zeit und der Umgang mit abstrakten intellektuellen Herausforderungen. Vielfältige Hinweise erleichtern es, mit der Schwerpunktverschiebung vom Rechnen zum Beweisen kompetent umzugehen, im Studium den Überblick zu behalten, selbstständig und nachhaltig zu lernen sowie die Begeisterung für das Fach nicht zu verlieren. Dies schafft optimale Rahmenbedingungen für eine erfolgreiche Auseinandersetzung mit der Mathematik.

Analysis is a core subject in most undergraduate mathematics degrees. It is elegant, clever and rewarding to learn, but it is hard. Even the best students find it challenging, and those who are unprepared often find it incomprehensible at first. This book aims to ensure that no student need be unprepared.

How to Think about Abstract Algebra provides an engaging and readable introduction to its subject, which encompasses group theory and ring theory. Abstract Algebra is central in most undergraduate mathematics degrees, and it captures regularities that appear across diverse mathematical structures - many people find it beautiful for this reason. But its abstraction can make its central ideas hard to grasp, and even the best students might find that they can follow some of the reasoning without really understanding what it is all about. This book aims to solve that problem. It is not like other Abstract Algebra texts and is not a textbook containing standard content. Rather, it is designed to be read before starting an Abstract Algebra course, or as a companion text once a course has begun. It builds up key information on five topics: binary operations, groups, quotient groups, isomorphisms and homomorphisms, and rings. It provides numerous examples, tables and diagrams, and its explanations are informed by research in mathematics education. The book also provides study advice focused on the skills that students need in order to learn successfully in their own Abstract Algebra courses. It explains how to interact productively with axioms, definitions, theorems and proofs, and how research in psychology should inform our beliefs about effective learning.

This no-nonsense book translates mathematics education research-based insights into practical advice for a student audience. It covers every aspect of studying for a mathematics degree, from the most abstract intellectual challenges to the everyday business of interacting with lecturers and making good use of study time.

This no-nonsense book translates mathematics education research-based insights into practical advice for a student audience. It covers every aspect of studying for a mathematics major, from the most abstract intellectual challenges to the everyday business of interacting with lecturers and making good use of study time.

Would you like to understand more about mathematics? Perhaps at school you liked it for a while but were put off because you missed a key idea and kept getting stuck. Whatever the case, this book is for you.