A comprehensive course in number theory / Alan Baker.

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"Developed from the author's popular text, A Concise Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, this book provides a comprehensive initiation to all the major branches of number theory. Beginning with the rudiments of the subject, the author proceeds to more advanced topics, including elements of crypto...

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Main Author: Baker, Alan, 1939-
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Number theory > Textbooks.
MATHEMATICS / Number Theory.
Genre:
Textbooks.
Physical Description:xv, 251 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Preface; Introduction; 1. Divisibility; 2. Arithmetical functions; 3. Congruences; 4. Quadratic residues; 5. Quadratic forms; 6. Diophantine approximation; 7. Quadratic fields; 8. Diophantine equations; 9. Factorization and primality testing; 10. Number fields; 11. Ideals; 12. Units and ideal classes; 13. Analytic number theory; 14. On the zeros of the zeta-function; 15. On the distribution of the primes; 16. The sieve and circle methods; 17. Elliptic curves; Bibliography; Index.