Elementary Number Theory

David M. Burton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

720 Seiten

1998 | International 2 Revised ed
McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions) (Verlag)
978-0-07-115447-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Information in this edition has been updated, and recent developments in number theory are noted where appropriate. The work features coverage of new topics including Catalan's Equation, modern methods of factoring and primality testing, and Polya's Conjecture. Over 750 problems are included.

Inhalt

Some preliminary considerations; divisibility theory in the integers; primes and their distribution; the theory of congruences; Fermat's theorem; number-theoretic functions; Euler's generalization of Fermat's theorem; primitive roots and indices; the quadratic reciprocity law; perfect numbers; the Fermat conjecture; representation of integers as sums of squares; Fibonacci numbers; continued fractions; some 20th-century developments; appendices.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.1998
• Reihe/Serie: McGraw-Hill International Editions: Mathematics & Statistics Series
• Zusatzinfo: portraits
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 950 g
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Arithmetik / Zahlentheorie
• ISBN-10: 0-07-115447-7 / 0071154477
• ISBN-13: 978-0-07-115447-5 / 9780071154475
• Zustand: Neuware