The Whole Truth About Whole Numbers An Elementary Introduction to Number Theory

The Whole Truth About Whole Numbers is an introduction to the field of Number Theory for students in non-math and non-science majors who have studied at least two years of high school algebra. Rather than giving brief introductions to a wide variety of topics, this book provides an in-depth introduc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Forman, Sylvia, Rash, Agnes M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Conjectures, Proofs and Counterexamples
  • Pythagorean Triples
  • Prime Numbers
  • The Division Algorithm and the Euclidean Algorithm
  • Congruences
  • Numerical Functions and Special Congruences
  • Cryptography