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Unreasonable Effectiveness of Number Theory

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Proceedings of symposia in applied mathematics ; 46Publication details: Providence American Mathematical Society 1992Description: x, 125p. illISBN:
  • 0821855018 (PB)
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Contents:
1 The unreasonable effectiveness of number theory in physics, communication and music / Manfred R. Schroeder 2 The reasonable and unreasonable effectiveness of number theory in statistical mechanics / George E. Andrews 3 Number theory and dynamical systems / J.C. Lagarias 4 The mathematics of random number generators / George Marsaglia 5 Cyclotomy and cyclic codes / Vera Pless 6 Number theory in computer graphics / M. Douglas McIlroy
Summary: Based on the AMS Short Course, The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Number Theory, held in Orono, Maine, in August 1991, this work is suitable for a general mathematical audience as well as to researchers in other areas of science and engineering who wish to learn how number theory is being applied outside of mathematics.
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Includes index.

Includes bibliography references (p. 120-121)

1 The unreasonable effectiveness of number theory in physics, communication and music / Manfred R. Schroeder
2 The reasonable and unreasonable effectiveness of number theory in statistical mechanics / George E. Andrews
3 Number theory and dynamical systems / J.C. Lagarias
4 The mathematics of random number generators / George Marsaglia
5 Cyclotomy and cyclic codes / Vera Pless
6 Number theory in computer graphics / M. Douglas McIlroy

Based on the AMS Short Course, The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Number Theory, held in Orono, Maine, in August 1991, this work is suitable for a general mathematical audience as well as to researchers in other areas of science and engineering who wish to learn how number theory is being applied outside of mathematics.

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