Number theory through inquiry

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marshall, David C.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Odell, E. (Edward), Starbird, Michael P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:MAA textbooks
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of 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.