Elementary Number Theory
Elementary Number Theory
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Summary
Our intention in writing this book is to give an elementary introduction to number theory which does not demand a great deal of mathematical back ground or maturity from the reader, and which can be read and understood with no extra assistance.
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Elementary Number Theory by Gareth A Jones
An undergraduate-level introduction to number theory, with the emphasis on fully explained proofs and examples. Exercises, together with their solutions are integrated into the text, and the first few chapters assume only basic school algebra. Elementary ideas about groups and rings are then used to study groups of units, quadratic residues and arithmetic functions with applications to enumeration and cryptography. The final part, suitable for third-year students, uses ideas from algebra, analysis, calculus and geometry to study Dirichlet series and sums of squares. In particular, the last chapter gives a concise account of Fermat's Last Theorem, from its origin in the ancient Babylonian and Greek study of Pythagorean triples to its recent proof by Andrew Wiles.From the reviews:
BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICS BOOKS
"?as a nice concluding chapter on Fermat? Last Theorem, with a brief discussion on the coup de grace"
G.A. Jones and J.M. Jones
Elementary Number Theory
"A welcome addition . . . a carefully and well-written book."—THE MATHEMATICAL GAZETTE
"This book would make an excellent text for an undergraduate course on number theory."
—MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9783540761976 |
| ISBN 10 | 3540761977 |
| Title | Elementary Number Theory |
| Author | Gareth A Jones |
| Series | Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG |
| Year published | 1998-01-14 |
| Number of pages | 302 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |