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Proof

Proof is what makes maths different - things that have been proven in maths will always hold true! Instead of looking to learn more things that you are going to have to study again at A-Level, why not try something really challenging: PROOF.

Below you will find an interactive book that sets out some problems to investigate. Some of these ideas have been proven and some remain open questions.

I am not going to try to direct you towards which problems to try first (presumably the authors of the book thought about this). Scroll through the book and pick a problem that interests you - the easier ones should be nearer the beginning of the book!

This may well be the first time that you have been presented with maths that you can't find a solution to but that's okay! Several of these problems remain unproven, even by expert mathematicians. These are supposed to be difficult and you will learn something from the attempt.

proving ground book (1).pdf