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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521632692
ISBN-139780521632690
eBay Product ID (ePID)917939
Product Key Features
Number of Pages241 Pages
Publication NameHigher Arithmetic : an Introduction to the Theory of Numbers
LanguageEnglish
SubjectNumber Theory
Publication Year1999
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
AuthorH. Davenport
Subject AreaMathematics
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number7
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-266556
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews'... the seventh edition of the well-known and charming introduction to number theory ... it can be recommended both for independent study and as a reference text for a general mathematical audience.'European Maths Society Journal, "It is a pleasant experience to see a book on Number theory in its seventh edition." Monatshefte fur Mathematik, ‘Although this book is not written as a textbook but rather as a work for the general reader, it could certainly be used as a textbook for an undergraduate course in number theory and, in the reviewer’s opinion, is far superior for this purpose to any other book in English.’From a review of the first edition in Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, 'Although this book is not written as a textbook but rather as a work for the general reader, it could certainly be used as a textbook for an undergraduate course in number theory and, in the reviewer's opinion, is far superior for this purpose to any other book in English.' From a review of the first edition in Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, ‘… the seventh edition of the well-known and charming introduction to number theory … it can be recommended both for independent study and as a reference text for a general mathematical audience.’European Maths Society Journal, '… the seventh edition of the well-known and charming introduction to number theory … it can be recommended both for independent study and as a reference text for a general mathematical audience.' European Maths Society Journal, '... the seventh edition of the well-known and charming introduction to number theory ... it can be recommended both for independent study and as a reference text for a general mathematical audience.' European Maths Society Journal
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal519.2
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. Factorization and the primes; 2. Congruences; 3. Quadratic residues; 4. Continued fractions; 5. Sums of squares; 6. Quadratic forms; 7. Some Diophantine equations; 8. Computers and the theory of numbers; Exercises; Hints; Answers; Bibliography; Index.
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisUpdated in a seventh edition, The Higher Arithmetic introduces concepts and theorems in a way that does not require the reader to have an in-depth knowledge of the theory of numbers, and also touches on matters of deep mathematical significance. This new edition includes state of the art material on the use of computers in number theory, as well as taking full account of the proving of Fermat's last theorem., Updated in a seventh edition The Higher Arithmetic introduces concepts and theorems in a way that does not require the reader to have an in-depth knowledge of the theory of numbers, but still touches upon matters of deep mathematical significance., Updated in a seventh edition, The Higher Arithmetic introduces concepts and theorems in a way that does not require the reader to have an in-depth knowledge of the theory of numbers, but still touches upon matters of deep mathematical significance.
LC Classification NumberQA241 .D3 1999
