Introduction to proof through number theory:

Cover -- Title page -- Contents -- Preface -- Philosophy about learning and teaching -- Content of this book -- Style of this book -- Problem solving -- LaTeX -- Origins -- Further reading -- Acknowledgments -- Notations and Symbols -- Chapter 1. Evens, Odds, and Primes: A Taste of Number Theory --...

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1. Verfasser: Chow, Bennett 1962- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Providence, Rhode Island American Mathematical Society 2023
Schriftenreihe:Pure and applied undergraduate texts 61
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Zusammenfassung:Cover -- Title page -- Contents -- Preface -- Philosophy about learning and teaching -- Content of this book -- Style of this book -- Problem solving -- LaTeX -- Origins -- Further reading -- Acknowledgments -- Notations and Symbols -- Chapter 1. Evens, Odds, and Primes: A Taste of Number Theory -- 1.1. A first excursion into prime numbers -- 1.2. Even and odd integers -- 1.3. Calculating primes and the sieve of Eratosthenes -- 1.4. Division -- 1.5. Greatest common divisor -- 1.6. Statement of prime factorization -- 1.7*. Perfect numbers -- 1.8*. One of the Mersenne conjectures
1.9*. Twin primes: An excursion into the unknown -- 1.10*. Goldbach's conjecture -- 1.11. Hints and partial solutions for the exercises -- Chapter 2. Mathematical Induction -- 2.1. Mathematical induction -- 2.2. Rates of growth of functions -- 2.3. Sums of powers of the first positive integers -- 2.4. Strong mathematical induction -- 2.5. Fibonacci numbers -- 2.6. Recursive definitions -- 2.7. Arithmetic and algebraic equalities and inequalities -- 2.8. Hints and partial solutions for the exercises -- Chapter 3. Logic: Implications, Contrapositives, Contradictions, and Quantifiers
3.1. The need for rigor -- 3.2. Statements -- 3.3. Truth teller and liar riddle: Asking the right question -- 3.4*. Logic puzzles -- 3.5. Logical connectives -- 3.6. Implications -- 3.7. Contrapositive -- 3.8. Proof by contradiction -- 3.9. Pythagorean triples -- 3.10. Quantifiers -- 3.11. Hints and partial solutions for the exercises -- Chapter 4. The Euclidean Algorithm and Its Consequences -- 4.1. The Division Theorem -- 4.2. There are an infinite number of primes -- 4.3. The Euclidean algorithm -- 4.4. Consequences of the Division Theorem -- 4.5. Solving linear Diophantine equations
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN:9781470472580
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