Elementary Number Theory
Published on 1. March 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
720 pages
978-0-07-115447-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Edition
International 2 Revised ed
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
portraits
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
950 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-115447-5 (9780071154475)
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David M. Burton
Elementary Number Theory
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Content
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.