Elementary number theory
This text provides a simple account of classical number theory, as well as some of the historical background in which the subject evolved. It is intended for use in a one-semester, undergraduate number theory course.
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- Full title :Elementary number theory / David M. Burton.
Summary
This text provides a simple account of classical number theory, as well as some of the historical background in which the subject evolved. It is intended for use in a one-semester, undergraduate number theory course.
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- Publication Date:©2002.
- Edition:5th ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):McGraw-Hill
- Place of Publication:Boston
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2002.
The Physical Object
- Description:xv, 411 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0072325690, 9780072325690, 0071121749, 9780071121743
- oclc:ocm46769268
- LC Classification:QA241
- Dewey Decimal:512/.72
Table of Contents
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 Twentieth-century developments.
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