Beginning Number Theory

Beginning Number Theory, Second Edition

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Author(s):	Neville Robbins, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Details:	ISBN-13: 9780763737689 ISBN-10:0763737682 Hardcover 338 pages © 2006
Price:	International Sales $165.95 US List Add to Cart Request a Review Copy

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Thoroughly revised and updated, the new Second Edition of Neville Robbins' Beginning Number Theory includes all the major topics covered in a classic Number Theory course and blends in numerous applications and specialized treatments of number theory, including Cryptology, Fibonacci numbers, and Computational Number Theory. The text strikes a balance between traditional and algorithmic approaches to elementary number theory and is supported with numerous exercises, applications, and case studies throughout. Computer exercises for CAS systems are also included.

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Coverage of all topics traditionally taught in a classic number theory course.
Numerous exercises, applications and case studies presented throughout for increased skill development.
Increased coverage of Cryptology, Fibonacci Numbers, and Computational Number Theory.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Preliminaries
Chapter 2: Divisibility
Chapter 3: Primes
Chapter 4: Congruences
Chapter 5: Arithmetic Functions
Chapter 6: Primitive Roots and Indices
Chapter 7: Quadratic Congruences
Chapter 8: Sum of Squares
Chapter 9: Continued Fractions
Chapter 10: Nonlinear Diophantine Equations
Chapter 11: Computational Number Theory
Chapter 12: Cryptology

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Neville Robbins-San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California

Neville Robbins obtained an A.B. in Mathematics from Columbia University in 1958, and an A.M. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University in 1965. He then went on to receive a PhD. in Mathematics from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1972. He has taught since 1982 at San Francisco State University where he is Professor of Mathematics. He is the author of 80 research papers in number theory and has organized several research conferences. He has also served as a referee for several research journals, and as a reviewer for Mathematical Reviews and for Zentralblatt.

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This text is intended for use in a one-semester, undergraduate number theory course taken primarily by math majors preparing to become secondary school teachers. The text is also particularly applicable to those students studying computer science, engineering, and genomics.