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Video Tutorials to Accompany Thinking Mathematically

 

   

 Thinking Mathematically , Third Edition, by Robert Blitzer  
   
   

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Chapter 1.1: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
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 Chapter 1.2: Estimation and Graphs
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 Chapter 1.3: Problem Solving
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Chapter 2: Set Theory

 Chapter 2.1: Basic Set Concepts
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 Chapter 2.2: Venn Diagrams and Subsets
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 Chapter 2.3: Venn Diagrams and Set Operations
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 Chapter 2.4: Set Operations and Venn Diagrams with Three Sets
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 Chapter 2.5: Surveys and Cardinal Numbers
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Chapter 3: Logic

 Chapter 3.1: Statements, Negations and Quantified Statements
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 Chapter 3.2: Compound Statements and Connectives
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 Chapter 3.3: Truth Tables for Negations, Conjunctions and Disjunctions
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 Chapter 3.4: Truth Tables for the Conditional and the Biconditional
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 Chapter 3.5: Equivalent Statements, Variations of Conditional Statements and De Morgan's Law
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 Chapter 3.6: Arguments and Truth Tables
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 Chapter 3.7: Arguments and Euler Diagrams
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Chapter 4: Number Representation and Calculation

 Chapter 4.1: Our Hindi-Arabic System and Early Positional Systems
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 Chapter 4.2: Number Bases in Positional Systems
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 Chapter 4.3: Computation in Positional Systems
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 Chapter 4.4: Looking Back at Early Numberation Systems
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Chapter 5: Number Theory and the Real Number System

 Chapter 5.1: Number Theory: Prime and Composite Numbers
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 Chapter 5.2: The Integers: Order of Operations
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 Chapter 5.3: The Rational Numbers
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 Chapter 5.4: The Irrational Numbers
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 Chapter 5.5: Real Numbers and Their Properties
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 Chapter 5.6: Exponents and Scientific Notation
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 Chapter 5.7: Arithmetic and Geometric Squences
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Chapter 6: Algebra: Equations and Inequalities

 Chapter 6.1: Algebraic Expressions and Formulas
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 Chapter 6.2: Solving Linear Equations
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 Chapter 6.3: Applications of Linear Equations
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 Chapter 6.4: Ratio, Proportion and Variation
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 Chapter 6.5: Solving Linear Inequalities
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 Chapter 6.6: Solving Quadratic Equations
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Chapter 7: Algebra: Graphs, Functions, and Linear Systems

 Chapter 7.1: Graphing and Functions
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 Chapter 7.2: Linear Functions and Their Graphs
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 Chapter 7.3: Quadratic Functions and Their Graphs
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 Chapter 7.4: Exponential Functions
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 Chapter 7.5: System of Linear Equations
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 Chapter 7.6: Linear Inequalities in Two Variables
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 Chapter 7.7: Linear Programming
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Chapter 8: Consumer Mathematics and Financial Management

 Chapter 8.1: Percent
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 Chapter 8.2: Simple Interest
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 Chapter 8.3: Compound Interest
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 Chapter 8.4: Installment Buying
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 Chapter 8.5: The Cost of Home Ownership
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 Chapter 8.6: Investing in Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds
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Chapter 9: Measurement

 Chapter 9.1: Measuring Length: The Metric System
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 Chapter 9.2: Measuring Area and Volume
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 Chapter 9.3: Measuring Weight and Temperature
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Chapter 10: Geometry

 Chapter 10.1: Points, Lines, Planes, and Angles
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 Chapter 10.2: Triangles
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 Chapter 10.3: Polygons, Quadrilaterals and Perimeter
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 Chapter 10.4: Area and Circumference
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 Chapter 10.5: Volume
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 Chapter 10.6: Rights Triangle Trigonometry
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 Chapter 10.7: Beyond Euclidian Geometry
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Chapter 11: Counting Methods and Probability Theory

 Chapter 11.1: The Fundamental Counting Principle
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 Chapter 11.2: Permutations
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 Chapters 11.3: Combinations
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 Chapter 11.4: Fundamentals of Probability
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 Chapter 11.5: Probability with the Fundamental Counting Principle, Permutaions and Combinations
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 Chapter 11.6: Events Involving Not  and Or ; Odds
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 Chapter 11.7: Events Involving And ; Conditional Probability
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 Chapter 11.8: Expected Value
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Chapter 12: Statistics

 Chapter 12.1: Sampling, Frequency Distributions and Graphs
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 Chapter 12.2: Measures of Central Tendency
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 Chapter 12.3: Measures of Dispersion
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 Chapter 12.4: The Normal Distribution
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 Chapter 12.5: Scatter Plots, Correlation and Regression Lines
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Chapter 13: Mathematical Systems

 Chapter 13.1: Mathematical Systems
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 Chapter 13.2: Rotational Symmetry, Groups and Clock Arithmetic
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Chapter 14: Voting and Apportionment

 Chapter 14.1: Voting Methods
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 Chapter 14.2: Flaws of Voting Methods
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 Chapter 14.3: Apportionment Methods
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 Chapter 14.4: Flaws of Apportionment Methods
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Chapter 15: Graph Theory

 Chapter 15.1: Graphs, Paths and Circuits
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 Chapter 15.2: Euler Paths and Euler Circuits
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 Chapter 15.3: Hamilton Paths and Hamilton Circuits
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 Chapter 15.4: Trees
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