Allenby, R. B. J. T.

Introduction to number theory with computing / R.B.J.T. Allenby and E.J. Redfern.. - London : New York, NY : E. Arnold, Distributed in the USA by Routledge, Chapman and Hall, 1989. - x, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.

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.

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