My numbers, my friends : popular lectures on number theory

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My numbers, my friends : popular lectures on number theory

Paulo Ribenboim

Springer, c2000

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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内容説明

This selection of expository essays by Paulo Ribenboim should be of interest to mathematicians from all walks. Ribenboim, a highly praised author of several popular titles, writes each essay in a light and humorous language without secrets, making them thoroughly accessible to everyone with an interest in numbers. This new collection includes essays on Fibonacci numbers, prime numbers, Bernoulli numbers, and historical presentations of the main problems pertaining to elementary number theory, such as Kummers work on Fermat's last theorem.

目次

The Fibonacci Numbers and the Arctic Ocean.- Representation of Real Numbers by Means of Fibonacci Numbers.- Prime Number Records.- Selling Primes.- Euler's Famous Prime Generating Polynomial and the Class Number of Imaginary Quadratic Fields.- Gauss and the Class Number Problem.- Consecutive Powers.- 1093.- Powerless Facing Powers.- What Kind of Number Is $$ \sqrt 2 ^{\sqrt 2 } $$ ?.- Galimatias Arithmeticae.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA47509424
  • ISBN
    • 0387989110
  • LCCN
    99042458
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    ix, 375 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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