Presentazione del critico

The pun contained in the title (precorso = preliminary stage vs. percorso = pathway) describes both the intention and the style of this small booklet: it is meant as an introduction to fundamental concepts of elementary mathematics, and it is written in a very talkative style, guiding the reader carefully through the landscape of sets, relations, functions, methods of proof, cardinality, sets of numbers, induction, and other basic notions. The book is addressed to fresh(wo)men who want to bridge the gap between school math and university courses; it will certainly be useful for this readership and may be warmly recommended.

Jürgen Appell, Zentralblatt MATH Database
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