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About the Course

Learn how to think the way mathematicians do – a powerful cognitive process developed over thousands of years. Mathematical thinking is not the same as doing mathematics – at least not as mathematics is typically presented in our school system. School math typically focuses on learning procedures to solve highly stereotyped problems. Professional mathematicians think a certain way to solve real problems, problems that can arise from the everyday world, or from science, or from within mathematics itself. The key to success in school math is to learn to think inside-the-box. In contrast, a key feature of mathematical thinking is thinking outside-the-box – a valuable ability in today’s world. This course helps to develop that crucial way of thinking....

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NR

Mar 4, 2018

An awesome course. Very easy to follow at the start, becomes more challenging at the end. I have a PhD in economics yet I struggled with the real analysis at the end. And that's just intro level! :-D

AM

Nov 23, 2019

It was an amazing course! Lots of interesting content. The content is also explained really well, i found it really easy to understand. The assessments are a little challenging, but reasonably sized.

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By Melis K

Mar 31, 2023

I have learned how to apply basic logic methods to daily life. Also, I have accustomed to evaluate someones work, so now I can look from more objective point of view

By Daniel A

Feb 1, 2023

Great course overall though i would have preferred that the last assignments to have been something different instead of simply grading what others have done.

By Marcos V L R

Feb 8, 2018

Boa iniciativa, boas palestras e aulas. Todavia, necessita-se de um adaptação para países da língua portuguesa. Pelo valor pago pelo curso, nada mais justo!

By Marc B i M

Aug 4, 2017

Nice course overall. It makes you do and achieve what it says, so if you want to learn mathematical thinking that is the best introductory course for you.

By ken a

Sep 19, 2020

some of the functionality of the coursera site makes accomplishing tasks cumbersome, specifically week 9, but overall a great introduction to the topic.

By Omair A

Jun 10, 2017

A brilliant course must-take course, all that it needs is a little polishing up to cater for the very short attention span that today's netizens have.

By Dr. P D T

Feb 9, 2024

Get rid of week 9, it is too subjective and inter-subjective. I did learn to recognize mathematical logic by doing the quizzes from weeks 1-8.

By Chen N

Jan 19, 2019

Really nice course, with many insightful and inspiring point. However, this course should be marked as "beginners" because it's too easy...

By Zain S

Jul 24, 2024

A nice course. Loads of learning. The learning curve is manageable. But significant improvements can be made toward module 9.

By Olexa M

May 20, 2017

I'm listening this course to improve my English in domain of math.

Course is a little bit boring but pleasant to listen :)

By Alpard V

Nov 8, 2022

I personally like the lessons because it was easy to learn and the way the professor discuss the lesson is very clear to

By Vasco T M

Sep 22, 2023

In the final chapters, the most complex, the languages available are fewer than at the beginning of the course

By 程语涵

Jan 11, 2020

A class that could help with building a logical mathematical thinking mode and give a new sight/way to learn.

By Newton K

Jul 23, 2018

Really great way to deliver lectures and make us wow in building ability to think differently in mathematics.

By Juan E C M

Sep 19, 2024

se aprende de forma muy dinamica los temas lo que genera una optima reflexion y desarrollo de la practica

By Javier G

Oct 25, 2019

Only the last unit was hard to understand, as I think it wasn´t well explained. I recommend this course.

By Kirk S

Mar 29, 2019

Pretty awesome. I learned a lot. It wasn't easy, as this was mostly new material. Fascinating stuff.

By Hank B

Oct 23, 2024

Great introduction to mathematical logic. Exercises are fun and challenging. Enjoyed the course.

By BASHIR I E A

Sep 28, 2021

thanks for all prof. kinth and all for helping others to improve their ways for thinking

By Mark S

Dec 14, 2020

Great course. The only issue was the delay getting the final assignment peer reviewed.

By Joseph D

Mar 14, 2017

A very enjoyable introduction to proofs, number theory, and some real analysis.

By Bennett

Apr 15, 2018

Good course. Have learned a lot along the way, more than only mathematics.

By Mehmet S T

Jun 3, 2017

It was really nice... I hope there will be the second part of this course.

By Narine H

Sep 18, 2021

it was very interesting and cognitive and open a wide possibility

By Tamanna S

Apr 9, 2021

A good course for the ones who look forward to study mathematics