The Book of Prime Number Records by Paulo Ribenboim

The Book of Prime Number Records by Paulo Ribenboim

This text originated as a lecture delivered November 20, 1984, at Queen's University, in the undergraduate colloquim series established to honor Professors A. J. Coleman and H. W. Ellis and to acknow- ledge their long lasting interest in the quality of teaching under- graduate students. In another colloquim lecture, my colleague Morris Orzech, who had consulted the latest edition of the Guilllless Book oj Records, remainded me very gently that the most innumerate people of the world are of a certain tribe in Mato Grosso, Brazil. They do not even have a word to express the number two or the concept of plurality. Yes Morris, I'm from Brazil, but my book will contain numbers different from 'one.' He added that the most boring 800-page book is by two Japanese mathematicians (whom I'll not name), and consists of about 16 million digits of the number 11. I assure you Morris, that in spite of the beauty of the apparent randomness of the decimal digits of 11, I'll be sure that my text will include also some words. Acknowledgment. The manuscript of this book was prepared on the word processor by Linda Nuttall. I wish to express my appreciation for the great care, speed, and competence of her work.

Third Edition

PRibenboim

The New Book of Prime Number Records

"A number-theoretical version of the Guinness Book of Records . . . There is much mathematics to be found in these pages. These are records given here as well. This book is written with much wit. Experts may not find much that is new, but it is always worthwhile to view the history of a subject as a whole rather than a collection of isolated results."—MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS

Well known for his contributions in number theory, Paulo Ribenboim has authored over 240 publications, including 13 books. He is now professor emeritus at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontaria. The Ribenboim Prize of the Canadian Number Theory Association is named after him.

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ISBN 13	9781468405095
ISBN 10	1468405098
Title	The Book of Prime Number Records
Author	Paulo Ribenboim
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Year published	2012-02-05
Number of pages	479
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