Beginning Number Theory, 2/e (Hardcover)

Description

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.

 

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