Number Theory Through the Eyes of Sophie Germain - An Inquiry Course

Number Theory Through the Eyes of Sophie Germain: An Inquiry Course is an innovative textbook for an introductory number theory course. Sophie Germain (1776-1831) was largely self-taught in mathematics and, two centuries ago, in solitude, devised and implemented a plan to prove Fermat's Last Theorem. We have only recently completely understood this work from her unpublished letters and manuscripts. David Pengelley has been a driving force in unraveling this mystery and here he masterfully guides his readers along a path of discovery. Germain, because of her circumstances as the first woman to do important original mathematical research, was forced to learn most of what we now include in an undergraduate number theory course for herself. Pengelley has taken excerpts of her writings (and those of others) and, by asking his readers to decipher them, skillfully leads us through an inquiry-based course in elementary number theory. It is a detective story on multiple levels. What is Sophie Germain thinking? What do her mathematical writings mean? How do we understand what she knew and what she was trying to do, where she succeeded and where she didn't?

General

Imprint:	American Mathematical Society
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Classroom Resource Materials
Release date:	September 2023
Authors:	David Pengelley
Dimensions:	254 x 178mm (L x W)
Pages:	205
ISBN-13:	978-1-4704-7220-7
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-4704-7220-1
Barcode:	9781470472207

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