# Gentle Introduction to the Art of Mathematics

- By: Joseph Fields
- Publisher: Southern Connecticut State University
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Mathematical_Logic_and_Proof/Gentle_Introduction_to_the_Art_of_Mathematics_(Fields))
- Licence: [GNU Free Documentation License](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.html)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Mathematical_Logic_and_Proof/Gentle_Introduction_to_the_Art_of_Mathematics_(Fields)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/math-19500/pdf

GIAM (a Gentle Introduction to the Art of Mathematics) is a free, open-source textbook that covers several topics in the foundations of mathematics (logic, sets, relations, functions and cardinality) and introduces the reader to many techniques of mathematical proof (direct, indirect, contradiction, contrapositive, mathematical induction, combinatorial proofs and magic)