Title:
A pathway into number theory
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Publication Information:
Cambridge : Cambridge Univ Press, 1982
ISBN:
9780521241182
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Summary
Summary
This book leads readers from simple number work to the point where they can prove the classical results of elementary number theory for themselves. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Table of Contents
| Preface to the second edition |
| Introduction |
| 1 The fundamental theorem of arithmetic |
| 2 Modular addition and Euler's Phi function |
| 3 Modular multiplication |
| 4 Quadratic residues |
| 5 The equation xn+yn=zn, for n=2, 3, 4 |
| 6 Sums of squares |
| 7 Partitions |
| 8 Quadratic forms |
| 9 Geometry of numbers |
| 10 Continued fractions |
| 11 Approximation of irrationals by rationals |
| bibliography |
| Index |
