Number Theory: An approach through history From Hammurapi to Legendre (2001) (Modern Birkhäuser Classics)
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- Synopsis
- This book presents a historical overview of number theory. It examines texts that span some thirty-six centuries of arithmetical work, from an Old Babylonian tablet to Legendre’s Essai sur la Théorie des Nombres, written in 1798. Coverage employs a historical approach in the analysis of problems and evolving methods of number theory and their significance within mathematics. The book also takes the reader into the workshops of four major authors of modern number theory: Fermat, Euler, Lagrange and Legendre and presents a detailed and critical examination of their work.
- Copyright:
- 2001
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780817645717
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780817645656
- Publisher:
- Birkhäuser Boston
- Date of Addition:
- 02/10/21
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- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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