My Numbers, My Friends Popular Lectures on Number Theory /

Dear Friends of Numbers: This little book is for you. It should o?er an exquisite int- lectual enjoyment, which only relatively few fortunate people can experience. May these essays stimulate your curiosity and lead you to books and articles where these matters are discussed at a more technical leve...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ribenboim, Paulo (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2000.
Subjects:
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • The Fibonacci Numbers and the Arctic Ocean
  • Representation of Real Numbers by Means of Fibonacci Numbers
  • Prime Number Records
  • Selling Primes
  • Euler’s Famous Prime Generating Polynomial and the Class Number of Imaginary Quadratic Fields
  • Gauss and the Class Number Problem
  • Consecutive Powers
  • 1093
  • Powerless Facing Powers
  • What Kind of Number Is $$ \sqrt 2 ^{\sqrt 2 } $$ ?
  • Galimatias Arithmeticae.