From Great Discoveries in Number Theory to Applications

This book provides an overview of many interesting properties of natural numbers, demonstrating their applications in areas such as cryptography, geometry, astronomy, mechanics, computer science, and recreational mathematics. In particular, it presents the main ideas of error-detecting and error-cor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Křížek, Michal, Somer, Lawrence (Author), Šolcová, Alena (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • 1. Divisibility and Congruence
  • 2. Prime and Composite Numbers
  • 3. Properties of Prime Numbers
  • 4. Special Types of Primes
  • 5. On a Connection of Number Theory with Graph Theory
  • 6. Pseudoprimes
  • 7. Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers
  • 8. Further Special Types of Integers
  • 9. Magic and Latin Squares
  • 10. The Mathematics Behind Prague's Horologe
  • 11. Applications of Primes
  • 12. Further Applications of Number Theory
  • Tables
  • References