the Authors Never Make A Wrong Move: They Choose The Right Topics, Treat Them To The Right Depth, Rethink The Classical Arguments When Appropriate, And Anticipate The Reader's Questions. Any Undergraduate Who Penetrates Even Two Or Three Chapters Will Learn A Great Deal Of Important Mathematics, And Rather Painlessly At That. -- Choice

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