Fallacies in Mathematics
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TextPublication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1959Description: 95pISBN: 0521057000Subject(s): Mathematics Fallacies (Logic) -- Mathematical recreations | MathematicsSummary: As Maxwell writes in his preface to this book, his aim has been to instruct through entertainment. The standard of knowledge expected is fairly elementary. In most cases a straightforward statement of the fallacious argument is followed by an exposure in which the error is traced to the most elementary source.
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As Maxwell writes in his preface to this book, his aim has been to instruct through entertainment. The standard of knowledge expected is fairly elementary. In most cases a straightforward statement of the fallacious argument is followed by an exposure in which the error is traced to the most elementary source.
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