Number Theory Through Inquiry

Name: Number Theory Through Inquiry
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ISBN: 9780883857519

ISBN-10: 0883857510

ISBN-13: 9780883857519

Edition: 2007

Authors: David C. Marshall, Edward Odell, Michael Starbird

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This textbook leads students on a carefully-guided discovery of introductory number theory. The book has two main goals. The first is to help students develop mathematical thinking skills, particularly theorem-proving skills. The other goal is to help students understand some of the ideas in the mathematical study of numbers.

Book details

List price: $51.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Mathematical Association of America
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 150
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English




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


Index