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A Guide to Elementary Number Theory /

"A Guide to Elementary Number Theory is a 140-page exposition of the topics considered in a first course in number theory. It is intended for those who may have seen the material before but have half-forgotten it, and also for those who may have misspent their youth by not having a course in nu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dudley, Underwood
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Colección:Dolciani mathematical expositions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Contents
  • 1 Greatest CommonDivisors
  • 2 Unique Factorization
  • 3 Linear DiophantineEquations
  • 4 Congruences
  • 5 Linear Congruences
  • 6 The Chinese Remainder Theorem
  • 7 Fermatâ€?s Theorem
  • 8 Wilsonâ€?s Theorem
  • 9 The Number of Divisors of an Integer
  • 10 The Sum of the Divisors of an Integer
  • 11 Amicable Numbers
  • 12 Perfect Numbers
  • 13 Eulerâ€?s Theorem and Function
  • 14 Primitive Rootsand Orders
  • 15 Decimals
  • 16 Quadratic Congruences
  • 17 Gaussâ€?s Lemma
  • 18 The Quadratic Reciprocity Theorem19 The Jacobi Symbol
  • 20 Pythagorean Triangles
  • 21 x^4 + y*4 not= z^4
  • 22 Sums of Two Squares
  • 23 Sums of Three Squares
  • 24 Sums of Four Squares
  • 25 Waringâ€?s Problem
  • 26 Pellâ€?s Equation
  • 27 Continued Fractions
  • 28 Multigrades
  • 29 Carmichael Numbers
  • 30 Sophie Germain Primes
  • 31 The Group of Multiplicative Functions
  • 32 Bounds for pi(x)
  • 33 The Sum of the Reciprocals of the Primes
  • 34 The Riemann Hypothesis
  • 35 The Prime Number Theorem
  • 36 The abc Conjecture
  • 37 Factorization and Testing for Primes38 Algebraic and Transcendental Numbers
  • 39 Unsolved Problems
  • Index
  • About the Author