A Concise Introduction to Pure Mathematics, Fourth Edition (Chapman Hall/Crc Mathematics) 4th Edition

Has challenging exercises and introduces a variety of topics to get one interesting in proof based mathematics while also introducing the student to different methods of proof. Used this as the textbook for my class and it was enjoyable.

I ordered from a third party and it took forever to get to me so if you can get it from amazon directly do that. The binding is awful and pages are falling out after just a few months of moderate use. Ink is smeared across the pages like a bad photocopy. The content isn’t the best although it does explain surprisingly well. The author is lazy about the solutions so don’t expect much from the answer key. I am not a fan of the weird notation that isn’t commonly used in the US or anywhere else except for the UK probably. When it says it’s concise it really means it. If you’re expecting a high quality text you will be disappointed.

Clear exposition for the nine professional.