Figurate numbers
By: Elena Deza, Michel Marie Deza
Contributors: Deza, M., 1934-
Publisher: World Scientific; World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Singapore; Hackensack, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9789814355483
Subjects: Polygonal Numbers; Number theory
Description: Figurate numbers have a rich history with many applications. The main purpose of this book is to provide a thorough and complete presentation of the theory of figurate numbers, giving much of their properties, facts and theorems with full proofs. This book is the first of this topic in unified systematic way. It also contains many exercises with solutions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-447) and index.
Table of contents: title: Plane figurate numbers; title: Space figurate numbers; title: Multidimensional figurate members; title: Areas of number theory including figurate numbers; title: Fermat's polygonal number theorem.