My Numbers, My Friends: Popular Lectures on Number Theory Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

My Numbers, My Friends: Popular Lectures on Number Theory Book

Contains essays on Fibonacci numbers prime numbers Bernoulli numbers and historical presentations of the main problems pertaining to elementary number theory such as for instance Kummer's work on Fermat's Last Theorem. The essays are written in a light and humorous language.Read More

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    Paulo Ribenboim treats numbers as personal friends in this collection of expository essays. Topics include prime numbers, Fibonacci numbers (and the Arctic Ocean!), the classical work of Gauss on binary quadratic form, Euler's famous prime producing polynomials, powers, irrational and transcendental numbers. The essays are written in a light language without secrets and are thoroughly accessible to everyone with an interest in numbers. Other books by the author are "The New Book of Prime Number Records", "The Little Book of Big Primes", which have enjoyed a considerable success, and the recent "Fermat's Last Theorem for Amateurs" (1999).

  • 0387989110
  • 9780387989112
  • Paulo Ribenboim
  • 1 August 2000
  • Springer
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 392
  • illustrated edition
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