Number theory through inquiry
By: David C. Marshall, Edward Odell, Michael Starbird
Contributors: Odell, E. (Edward); Starbird, Michael P.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: M AA textbooks
Publisher: Mathematical Association of America
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780883857519
Subjects: Textbooks; Number theory
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Divide and conquer; title: Prime time; title: A modular world; title: Fermat's Little Theorem and Euler's Theorem; title: Public key cryptography; title: Polynomial congruences and primitive roots; title: The golden rule : quadratic reciprocity; title: Pythagorean triples, sums of squares, and Fermat's Last Theorem; title: Rationals close to irrationals and the Pell equation; title: The search for primes; title: Mathematical induction : the domino effect.