Number Theory An Introduction to Mathematics: Part A /

• Main Author: Coppel, William A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Matrix theory.; Algebra.; Special functions.; Number theory.; Number Theory.; Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory.; Special Functions.

Undergraduate courses in mathematics are commonly of two types. On the one hand are courses in subjects—such as linear algebra or real analysis—with which it is considered that every student of mathematics should be acquainted. On the other hand are courses given by lecturers in their own areas of s...

Table of Contents:

• The expanding universe of numbers
• Divisibility
• More on divisibility
• Continued fractions and their uses
• Hadamard’s determinant problem
• Hensel’s p-adic numbers.