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My Numbers, My Friends: Popular Lectures on Number Theory

By Paulo Ribenboim

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2000
ISBN
0387989110, 9780387989112
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3441085 bytes)
Edition
2000
Pages
376\384
Time added
2013-11-27 18:37:28

Description

This selection of expository essays by Paulo Ribenboim should be of interest to mathematicians from all walks. Ribenboim, a highly praised author of several popular titles, writes each essay in a light and humorous language without secrets, making them thoroughly accessible to everyone with an interest in numbers. This new collection includes essays on Fibonacci numbers, prime numbers, Bernoulli numbers, and historical presentations of the main problems pertaining to elementary number theory, such as Kummers work on Fermat's last theorem.

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