A Course in Computational Number Theory, 9780470412152
Hardcover
Explore number theory with computers: algorithms, cryptography, and fascinating applications.

A Course in Computational Number Theory

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  • Hardcover

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    1 June 2008

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Summary

Unleashing the Power of Numbers: A Computational Journey

A Course in Computational Number Theory empowers you to explore the fascinating world of integers using the computer as your guide. Designed for hands-on experimentation, this book allows you to quickly dive into personal investigations of numerical patterns.

Discover and implement the most efficient algorithms for integer manipulation. While covering core topics in number theory, this book ventures into advan…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780470412152
ISBN-10:0470412151
Series:Key Curriculum Press
Author:David Bressoud, Stan Wagon
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:384
Edition:1st
Release Date:1 June 2008
Weight:874g
Dimensions:239mm x 185mm x 25mm
About The Author

David Bressoud

David Bressoud is DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College and president-elect of the Mathematical Association of America. He served in the Peace Corps, teaching math and science at the Clare Hall School in Antigua, West Indies before studying with Emil Grosswald at Temple University and then teaching at Penn State for 17 years, eight of them as full professor. He chaired the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Macalester from 1995 until 2001. He has held visiting positions at the Institute for Advanced Study, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Minnesota, Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg, France), and the State College Area High School.

David has received the MAA Distinguished Teaching Award (Allegheny Mountain Section), the MAA Beckenbach Book Award for Proofs and Confirmations, and has been a Pólya Lecturer for the MAA. He is a recipient of Macalester’s Jefferson Award. He has published over fifty research articles in number theory, combinatorics, and special functions. His other books include Factorization and Primality Testing, Second Year Calculus from Celestial Mechanics to Special Relativity, A Radical Approach to Real Analysis (now in 2nd edition), and, with Stan Wagon, A Course in Computational Number Theory. His latest book, A Radical Approach to Lebesgue’s Theory of Integration, is due out by the end of 2007.

David chairs the MAA special interest group, Teaching Advanced High School Mathematics. He has chaired the AP Calculus Development Committee and has served as Director of the FIPSE-sponsored program Quantitative Methods for Public Policy. He has been involved in the activities and programs of both the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society.

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