Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
This book gives an undergraduate-level introduction to Number Theory, with the emphasis on fully explained proofs and examples; exercises (with solutions) are integrated into the text. The first few chapters, covering divisibility, prime numbers and modular arithmetic, assume only basic school algebra, and are therefore suitable for first or second year students as an introduction to the methods of pure mathematics. Elementary ideas about groups and rings (summarised in an appendix) are then used to study groups of units, quadratic residues and arithmetic functions with applications to enumeration and cryptography. The final part, suitable for third-year students, uses ideas from algebra, analysis, calculus and geometry to study Dirichlet series and sums of squares; in particular, the last chapter gives a concise account of Fermat's Last Theorem, from its origin in the ancient Babylonian and Greek study of Pythagorean triples to its recent proof by Andrew Wiles.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Mathematics, Number theoryShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Elementary Number Theory
1998, Springer London, Imprint, Springer
electronic resource /
in English
144710613X 9781447106135
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Table of Contents
Edition Notes
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?June 30, 2019 | Created by MARC Bot | import new book |