Thoroughly revised and updated, the new Second Edition of Neville Robbins' Beginning Number Theory includes all of the major topics covered in a classic Number Theory course and blends in numerous applications and specialized treatments of number theory, including Cryptology, Fibonacci numbers, and Computational Number Theory. The text strikes a balance between traditional and algorithmic approaches to elementary number theory and is supported with numerous exercises, applications, and case studies throughout. Computer exercises for CAS systems are also included.
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Neville Robbins obtained an A.B. in Mathematics from Columbia University in 1958, and an A.M. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University in 1965. He then went on to receive a PhD. in Mathematics from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1972. He has taught since 1982 at San Francisco State University where he is Professor of Mathematics. He is the author of 80 research papers in number theory and has organized several research conferences. He has also served as a referee for several research journals, and as a reviewer for Mathematical Reviews and for Zentralblatt.
