Introduction to number theory with computing / R.B.J.T. Allenby and E.J. Redfern..
By: Allenby, R. B. J. T.
Contributor(s): Redfern, E. J.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : New York, NY : E. Arnold, Distributed in the USA by Routledge, Chapman and Hall, 1989Description: x, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0713136618.Subject(s): Number theory | Number theory -- Data processing | Mathematicians -- BiographyDDC classification: 512.7Item 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 | 00012033 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This introduction to number theory has been written specifically for mathematics and computing undergraduates. Computer programs in BASIC are accompanied by basic text which explains the subject and demonstrates how computers have opened up new horizons for number theorists.
Bibliography: (pages 299-302) and index.
Introduction -- Divisibility -- More about primes-a historical diversion -- Congruences -- Congruences involving unknowns -- Primitive roots -- Diophantine equations and Fermat's last theorem -- Sums of squares -- Quadratic reciprocity -- The Gaussian integers -- Arithmetic functions -- Continued fractions and Pell's equation -- Sending secret messages.