A Pathway Into Number Theory | 
 enlarge | Author: R. P. Burn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 280
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0521575400
Dewey Decimal Number: 512.72
EAN: 9780521575409
Publication Date: December 28, 1996
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Condition: Fine paperback, same cover design as the image, very clean inside out, 2nd edition 1997 (Cambridge University Press). FAST Shipping. (6/10/08) SELB ** Expedited Shipping Strongly suggested, as this is a large heavy book.
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Product Description
Number theory is concerned with the properties of the natural numbers: 1,2,3,.... During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, number theory became established through the work of Fermat, Euler and Gauss. With the hand calculators and computers of today, the results of extensive numerical work are instantly available and mathematicians may traverse the road leading to their discoveries with comparative ease. Now in its second edition, this book consists of a sequence of exercises that will lead readers from quite simple number work to the point where they can prove algebraically the classical results of elementary number theory for themselves. A modern high school course in mathematics is sufficient background for the whole book which, as a whole, is designed to be used as an undergraduate course in number theory to be pursued by independent study without supporting lectures.
Book Description
Now in its second edition, this book consists of a sequence of exercises that will lead readers from simple number work to the point where they can prove algebraically the classical results of elementary number theory for themselves. A high-school course in mathematics is the only requirement.
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Burn uses problems to introduce number theory ideas. November 24, 1998
lstallings@gsu.edu (Atlanta, GA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book is a carefully sequenced set of problems along with answers and a few comments. Burn uses those problems to introduce important number theory ideas. I enjoyed working through the problems to learn more about number theory. Most problems are accessible to those with a good high school mathematics background.
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