Download or read book Extending the Frontiers of Mathematics written by Edward B. Burger and published by Key College Publishing. This book was released on 2007-03-28 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book leads students to develop a mature process that will serve them throughout their professional careers, whether inside or outside of mathematics. Its inquiry-based approach to the foundations of mathematics promotes exploration of proofs and other advanced mathematical ideas. The book uses puzzles and patterns, teaches the "prove and extend or disprove and salvage" approach to problems and proofs, and builds mathematical challenge on challenge to boost skills.