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Number theory through inquiry [electronic resource] / David C. Marshall, Edward Odell, Michael Starbird.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: MAA textbooksPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 140 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 512.7 22
LOC classification:
  • QA241 .M387 2007
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Contents:
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.
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Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

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.

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