An adventurer's guide to number theory
By: by Richard Friedberg.
Publisher: Dover
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Number theory.
Description: In this guide, a noted mathematician and teacher offers a witty, historically oriented introduction to number theory, dealing with properties of numbers and with numbers as abstract concepts. Written for readers with an understanding of arithmetic and beginning algebra, the book presents the classical discoveries of number theory, including the work of Pythagoras, Euclid, Diophantus, Fermat, Euler, Lagrange and Gauss.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-217) and index.
Originally published: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1968.