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Introduction to number theory

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: AMS Chelsea Publishing ; 384Publication details: Rhode Island American Mathematical Society 1989Description: xii, 212pISBN:
  • 9781470446949 (HB)
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Contents:
1 Prime numbers and unique factorization 2 Sums of two squares 3 Quadratic reciprocity 4 Indefinite forms 5 The class group and genera
Summary: Growing out of a course designed to teach Gauss's Disquisitiones Arithmeticae to honors-level undergraduates, Flath's Introduction to Number Theory focuses on Gauss's theory of binary quadratic forms. It is suitable for use as a textbook in a course or self-study by advanced undergraduates or graduate students who possess a basic familiarity with abstract algebra. The text treats a variety of topics from elementary number theory including the distribution of primes, sums of squares, continued factions, the Legendre, Jacobi and Kronecker symbols, the class group and genera.
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Includes index

Includes bibliography (p. 204-205) and references

1 Prime numbers and unique factorization
2 Sums of two squares
3 Quadratic reciprocity
4 Indefinite forms
5 The class group and genera

Growing out of a course designed to teach Gauss's Disquisitiones Arithmeticae to honors-level undergraduates, Flath's Introduction to Number Theory focuses on Gauss's theory of binary quadratic forms. It is suitable for use as a textbook in a course or self-study by advanced undergraduates or graduate students who possess a basic familiarity with abstract algebra. The text treats a variety of topics from elementary number theory including the distribution of primes, sums of squares, continued factions, the Legendre, Jacobi and Kronecker symbols, the class group and genera.

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