My Numbers, My Friends: Popular Lectures on Number Theory - Softcover

Ribenboim, Paulo

 
9780387989112: My Numbers, My Friends: Popular Lectures on Number Theory
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0387989110 ISBN 13: 9780387989112
Verlag: Springer, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

Paulo Ribenboim treats numbers as personal friends in this collection of expository essays. Topics include prime numbers, Fibonacci numbers (and the Arctic Ocean!), the classical work of Gauss on binary quadratic form, Euler's famous prime producing polynomials, powers, irrational and transcendental numbers. The essays are written in a light language without secrets and are thoroughly accessible to everyone with an interest in numbers. Other books by the author are "The New Book of Prime Number Records" "The Little Book of Big Primes" which have enjoyed a considerable success, and the recent "Fermat's Last Theorem for Amateurs" (1999).

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MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS

"...the author is extremely knowledgeable in his subjects and the reader can profit from the wealth of material contained in this book. Therefore this book is a welcome reference for anyone interested both in trivia and in serious background material about popular topics in elementary number theory."

Reseña del editor

This selection of expository essays by Paulo Ribenboim should be of interest to mathematicians from all walks. Ribenboim, a highly praised author of several popular titles, writes each essay in a light and humorous language without secrets, making them thoroughly accessible to everyone with an interest in numbers. This new collection includes essays on Fibonacci numbers, prime numbers, Bernoulli numbers, and historical presentations of the main problems pertaining to elementary number theory, such as Kummers work on Fermat's last theorem.

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Verlag
Springer
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0387989110
ISBN 13 
9780387989112
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
388
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