Number theory through inquiry:
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Main Authors: Marshall, David C. (Author), Odell, Edward (Author), Starbird, Michael 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC MAA Press, an imprint of the American Mathematical Society [2007]
Series:AMS/MAA textbooks vol. 9
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Online Access:DE-91
Item Description:Includes index
Introduction -- Divide and conquer -- Prime time -- A modular world -- Fermat's Little Theorem and Euler's Theorem -- Public key cryptography -- Polynomial congruences and primitive roots -- The golden rule : quadratic reciprocity -- Pythagorean triples, sums of squares, and Fermat's Last Theorem -- Rationals close to irrationals and the Pell equation -- The search for primes -- Mathematical induction : the domino effect
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 140 Seiten)
ISBN:0883859831
9780883859834

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