Elementary theory of numbers

Since the publication of the first edition of this work, considerable progress has been made in many of the questions examined. This edition has been updated and enlarged, and the bibliography has been revised. The variety of topics covered here includes divisibility, diophantine equations, prime nu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sierpinski, Waclaw
Other Authors: Schinzel, Andrzej
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam North-Holland 1988, 1988
Series:North-Holland mathematical library
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Elsevier eBook collection Mathematics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:Since the publication of the first edition of this work, considerable progress has been made in many of the questions examined. This edition has been updated and enlarged, and the bibliography has been revised. The variety of topics covered here includes divisibility, diophantine equations, prime numbers (especially Mersenne and Fermat primes), the basic arithmetic functions, congruences, the quadratic reciprocity law, expansion of real numbers into decimal fractions, decomposition of integers into sums of powers, some other problems of the additive theory of numbers and the theory of Gaussian integers
Item Description:Based on the author's Teoria liczb. - Errata slip inserted
Physical Description:xii, 513 pages
ISBN:9780080960197
0080960197
1282289292