The new book of prime number records
By: Paulo Ribenboim.
Contributors: Ribenboim, Paulo.
Edition: [3rd ed.].
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 541
Subjects: Numbers, Prime
Description: The Guinness Book made records immensely popular. This book is devoted, at first glance, to present records concerning prime numbers. But it is much more. It explores the interface between computations and the theory of prime numbers. The book contains an up-to-date historical presentation of the main problems about prime numbers, as well as many fascinating topics, including primality testing.

It is written in a language without secrets and is thoroughly accessible to everyone with some mathematical education. This new book has an improved and smoother presentation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-507) and indexes.
Rev. ed. of: The book of prime number records. 2nd ed. c1989.