Marshall, David C.
Number theory through inquiry [electronic resource] / David C. Marshall, Edward Odell, Michael Starbird. - 1st ed. - Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, 2007. - ix, 140 p. - MAA textbooks .
Includes index.
Introduction -- Divide and conquer -- Prime time -- A modular world -- Fermat's Little Theorem and Euler's Theorem -- Public key cryptography -- Polynomial congruences and primitive roots -- The golden rule : quadratic reciprocity -- Pythagorean triples, sums of squares, and Fermat's Last Theorem -- Rationals close to irrationals and the Pell equation -- The search for primes -- Mathematical induction : the domino effect.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Number theory--Textbooks.
Electronic books.
QA241 / .M387 2007eb
512.7
Number theory through inquiry [electronic resource] / David C. Marshall, Edward Odell, Michael Starbird. - 1st ed. - Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, 2007. - ix, 140 p. - MAA textbooks .
Includes index.
Introduction -- Divide and conquer -- Prime time -- A modular world -- Fermat's Little Theorem and Euler's Theorem -- Public key cryptography -- Polynomial congruences and primitive roots -- The golden rule : quadratic reciprocity -- Pythagorean triples, sums of squares, and Fermat's Last Theorem -- Rationals close to irrationals and the Pell equation -- The search for primes -- Mathematical induction : the domino effect.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Number theory--Textbooks.
Electronic books.
QA241 / .M387 2007eb
512.7