H. Davenport (University of Cambridge)

The Higher Arithmetic

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now into its eighth edition and with additional material on primality testing written by J. H. Davenport, The Higher Arithmetic introduces concepts and theorems in a way that does not assume an in-depth knowledge of the theory of numbers but touches upon matters of deep mathematical significance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 8., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9780521722360
• ISBN-10: 0521722365
• Artikelnr.: 23802665

Autorenporträt

Harold Davenport F.R.S. was the late Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity College.

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents:
Introduction; 1. Factorization and the primes; 2. Congruences; 3. Quadratic residues; 4. Continued fractions; 5. Sums of squares; 6. Quadratic forms; 7. Some Diophantine equations; 8. Computers and number theory; Exercises; Hints; Answers; Bibliography; Index; Additional notes.

Rezensionen

'Although this book is not written as a textbook but rather as a work for the general reader, it could certainly be used as a textbook for an undergraduate course in number theory and, in the reviewer's opinion, is far superior for this purpose to any other book in English.' From a review of the first edition in Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society