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Fundamental Concepts of Math (M300)
UMass Amherst
1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2009 · score 0.7
An introductory UMass Amherst math course, taught by Bill Meeks, covering foundational topics such as set theory, logic, group theory, and topology/metric spaces. Commenters point to the course's lecture notes as a book-like resource.
Commenters say it got them excited about math as undergraduates and recommend the notes as a good introduction to proof-based foundations.
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Bill Meeks' "Fundamental Concepts of Math" course, also at UMass, was what got me excited about math as an undergrad. I'd suggest reading his book if anyone is looking for a good introduction to topics such as set theory, logic, group theory, topology and metric spaces, etc:
http://www.math.umass.edu/~bill/m300/nm300.pdf