From Fermat to Minkowski Lectures on the Theory of Numbers and Its Historical Development
This book arose from a course of lectures given by the first author during the winter term 1977/1978 at the University of Münster (West Germany). The course was primarily addressed to future high school teachers of mathematics; it was not meant as a systematic introduction to number theory but rathe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1985, 1985
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1985 |
| Series: | Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 The Beginnings
- 2 Fermat
- 3 Euler
- 4 Lagrange
- 5 Legendre
- 6 Gauss
- 7 Fourier
- 8 Dirichlet
- 9 From Hermite to Minkowski
- 10 A Preview of Reduction Theory
- Appendix English Translation of Gauss’s Letter to Dirichlet, November 1838