The unreasonable effectiveness of number theory / Stefan A. Burr, editor.
Contributor(s): Burr, Stefan A. (Stefan Andrus)
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BookSeries: Proceedings of symposia in applied mathematics: v. 46.; Proceedings of symposia in applied mathematicsAMS short course lecture notes: Publisher: Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c1992Description: x, 125 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 0821855018 .Subject(s): Number theory -- CongressesDDC classification: 512.7 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 512.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00038326 |
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This book is based on the AMS Short Course, The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Number Theory, held in Orono, Maine, in August 1991. This Short Course provided some views into the great breadth of applications of number theory outside cryptology and highlighted the power and applicability of number-theoretic ideas. Because number theory is one of the most accessible areas of mathematics, this book will appeal to a general mathematical audience as well as to researchers in other areas of science and engineering who wish to learn how number theory is being applied outside of mathematics. All of the chapters are written by leading specialists in number theory and provides excellent introduction to various applications.
"Lecture notes prepared for the American Mathematical Society short course The unreasonable effectiveness of number theory, held in Orono, Maine, August 6-7, 1991"--T.p. verso..
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The unreasonable effectiveness of number theory in physics, communication and music / Manfred R. Schroeder -- The reasonable and unreasonable effectiveness of number theory in statistical mechanics / George E. Andrews -- Number theory and dynamical systems / J. C. Lagarias -- The mathematics of random number generators / George Marsaglia -- Cyclotomy and cyclic codes / Vera Pless -- Number theory in computer graphics / M. Douglas McIlroy.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- The unreasonable effectiveness of number theory in physics, communication, and music
- The reasonable and unreasonable effectiveness of number theory in statistical mechanics
- Number theory and dynamical systems
- The mathematics of random number generators
- Cyclotomy and cyclic codes
- Number theory in computer graphics