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My Numbers, My Friends : Popular lectures on number theory

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York Springer 2000Description: ix, 375p. illISBN:
  • 0387989110 (PB)
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Contents 1. The Fibonacci Numbers and the Arctic Ocean 2. Representation of Real Numbers by Means of Fibonacci Numbers 3. Prime Number Records 4. Selling Primes 5. Euler's Famous Prime Generating Polynomial and the Class Number of Imaginary Quadratic Fields 6. Gauss and the Class Number Problem 7. Consecutive Powers 8. 1093 9. Powerless Facing Powers 10. What Kind of Number Is v2v2? 11. Galimatias Arithmeticae.
Summary: Dear Friends of Numbers: This little book is for you. 1 The Fibonacci Numbers and the Arctic Ocean Introduction There is indeed not much relation between the Fibonacci numbers and the Arctic Ocean, but I thought that this title would excite your curiosity for my lecture.
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Contents
1. The Fibonacci Numbers and the Arctic Ocean
2. Representation of Real Numbers by Means of Fibonacci Numbers
3. Prime Number Records
4. Selling Primes
5. Euler's Famous Prime Generating Polynomial and the Class Number of Imaginary Quadratic Fields
6. Gauss and the Class Number Problem
7. Consecutive Powers
8. 1093
9. Powerless Facing Powers
10. What Kind of Number Is v2v2?
11. Galimatias Arithmeticae.

Dear Friends of Numbers: This little book is for you. 1 The Fibonacci Numbers and the Arctic Ocean Introduction There is indeed not much relation between the Fibonacci numbers and the Arctic Ocean, but I thought that this title would excite your curiosity for my lecture.

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