Elementary Number Theory
David M. Burton(Author)
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
5th Edition
Published on 1. August 2001
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-0-07-232569-0 (ISBN)
Description
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 taken primarily by mathematics majors, and students preparing to be secondary school teachers. Although the text was written with this audience in mind, very few formal prerequisites are required. Much of the text can be read by students with a sound background in high school mathematics.
More details
Series
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illustrations, portraits
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 167 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
734 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-232569-0 (9780072325690)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Some Preliminary Considerations. 2. Divisibility Theory in the Integers. 3. Primes and Their Distribution. 4. The Theory of Congruences. 5. Fermat's Theorem. 6. Number-Theoretic Functions. 7. Euler's Generalization of Fermat's Theorem. 8. Primitive Roots and Indices. 9. The Quadratic Reciprocity Law. 10. Perfect Numbers. 11. The Fermat Conjecture. 12. Representation of Integers as Sums of Squares. 13. Fibonacci Numbers. 14. Continued Fractions. 15. Some Twentieth-Century Developments.