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Number theory through inquiry by Marshall, David C.

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.…”
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