The Queen of Mathematics - An Introduction to Number Theory (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995)

Like other introductions to number theory, this one includes the usual curtsy to divisibility theory, the bow to congruence, and the little chat with quadratic reciprocity. It also includes proofs of results such as Lagrange's Four Square Theorem, the theorem behind Lucas's test for perfect numbers, the theorem that a regular n-gon is constructible just in case phi(n) is a power of 2, the fact that the circle cannot be squared, Dirichlet's theorem on primes in arithmetic progressions, the Prime Number Theorem, and Rademacher's partition theorem. We have made the proofs of these theorems as elementary as possible. Unique to The Queen of Mathematics are its presentations of the topic of palindromic simple continued fractions, an elementary solution of Lucas's square pyramid problem, Baker's solution for simultaneous Fermat equations, an elementary proof of Fermat's polygonal number conjecture, and the Lambek-Moser-Wild theorem.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Texts in the Mathematical Sciences, 8
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	1995
Authors:	W.S. Anglin
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	390
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
ISBN-13:	978-9401041263
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Geometry > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Number theory > General Promotions
LSN:	9401041261
Barcode:	9789401041263

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