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The Queen of Mathematics W.S. Anglin

The Queen of Mathematics By W.S. Anglin

The Queen of Mathematics by W.S. Anglin


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This introduction to number theory includes proofs of results such as Lagrange's Four Square Theorem, the theorem behind Lucas's test for perfect numbers, the Prime Number Theorem and Rademacher's Partition Theorem.

The Queen of Mathematics Summary

The Queen of Mathematics: An Introduction to Number Theory by W.S. Anglin

Like other introductions to number theory, this one includes the usual curtsy to divisibility theory, the bow to congruence, and the little chat with quadratic reciprocity. It also includes proofs of results such as Lagrange's Four Square Theorem, the theorem behind Lucas's test for perfect numbers, the theorem that a regular n-gon is constructible just in case phi(n) is a power of 2, the fact that the circle cannot be squared, Dirichlet's theorem on primes in arithmetic progressions, the Prime Number Theorem, and Rademacher's partition theorem.
We have made the proofs of these theorems as elementary as possible.
Unique to The Queen of Mathematics are its presentations of the topic of palindromic simple continued fractions, an elementary solution of Lucas's square pyramid problem, Baker's solution for simultaneous Fermat equations, an elementary proof of Fermat's polygonal number conjecture, and the Lambek-Moser-Wild theorem.

Table of Contents

1 Propaedeutics.- 1.1 Mathematical Induction.- 1.2 Bernoulli Numbers.- 1.3 Primes.- 1.4 Perfect Numbers.- 1.5 Greatest Integer function.- 1.6 Pythagorean Triangles.- 1.7 Diophantine Equations.- 1.8 Four Square Theorem.- 1.9 Fermats Last Theorem.- 1.10 Congruent Numbers.- 1.11 Mobius function.- 2 Simple Continued Fractions.- 2.1 Convergents and Convergence.- 2.2 Uniqueness of SCF Expansions.- 2.3 SCF Expansions of Rationals.- 2.4 Farey Series.- 2.5 Ax + By = C.- 2.6 SCF Approximations.- 2.7 SCF Expansions of Quadratic Surds.- 2.8 Periodic SCF Expansions.- 2.9 Pell Equation.- 2.10 Prefaced Palindromes.- 3 Congruence.- 3.1 Basic Properties.- 3.2 Eulers ?-Function.- 3.3 Primitive Roots.- 3.4 Decimal Expansions.- 3.5 x2 ? R (mod C).- 3.6 Palindromic SCFs.- 3.7 Sums of Two Squares.- 3.8 Quadratic Residues.- 3.9 Theorema Aureum.- 3.10 Jacobi Symbol.- 3.11 More on x2 ? R (mod C).- 3.12 Ax2 + By = C.- 4 x2?Ry2 = C.- 4.1 SCF Solution.- 4.2 Recursive Formulas for Solutions.- 4.3 Ax2 + Bxy + Cy2 + Dx + Ey = F.- 4.4 Square Pyramid Problem.- 4.5 Lucass Test for Perfect Numbers.- 4.6 Simultaneous Fermat Equations.- 5 Classical Construction Problems.- 5.1 Euclidean Constructions.- 5.2 Fields and Vector Spaces.- 5.3 Limits of Ruler and Compass Construction.- 5.4 Gausss Constructions.- 5.5 Fermat Primes.- 5.6 The Transcendence of ?.- 6 The Polygonal Number Theorem.- 6.1 Gaussian Forms.- 6.2 Ternary Quadratic Form Matrices.- 6.3 Omega Kernel or Square Forms.- 6.4 Ambiguous or Self-Inverse Forms.- 6.5 Sums of Triangular Numbers.- 6.6 Cauchys Proof.- 7 Analytic Number Theory.- 7.1 Characters.- 7.2 Dirichlet Series.- 7.3 Mangoldt function.- 7.4 L(1,X) ? 0.- 7.5 Dirichlets Theorem on Primes in AP.- 7.6 How Many Pythagorean Triangles?.- 7.7 Prime Preliminaries.-7.8 Prime Number Theorem Proof.- 7.9 Partitions.- 7.10 Eulers Power Series.- 7.11 A Fractal Path of Ford Circles.- 7.12 Mobius Transformations.- 7.13 Dedekind Sums.- 7.14 Eta function.- 7.15 Bessel Functions Avoided.- 7.16 Rademachers Proof.- 7.17 Numerical Calculations.- A Appendix: Answers to Selected Exercises.

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NPB9780792332879
9780792332879
0792332873
The Queen of Mathematics: An Introduction to Number Theory by W.S. Anglin
New
Hardback
Springer
1995-01-31
390
N/A
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