Number Theory, 9780198798095
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Ancient math, prime numbers, modern cryptography: beauty and challenge revealed.

Number Theory

a very short introduction

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  • Paperback

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    10 June 2020

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Summary

Unveiling the Secrets of Numbers: A Journey Through Number Theory

Number theory, a realm of mathematics focused on counting numbers, especially prime numbers, the fundamental components of our number system. This ancient discipline, originating over two millennia ago with the Greeks, has long been admired for its intrinsic beauty and elegance. Its captivating challenges, easily understood yet stubbornly unsolved, have intrigued mathematicians for centuries.

Beyond its theore…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780198798095
ISBN-10:0198798091
Series:Very Short Introductions
Author:Robin Wilson
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:10 June 2020
Weight:134g
Dimensions:169mm x 110mm x 9mm
About The Author

Robin Wilson

Robin Wilson received his Ph.D degree from the University of Pennsylvania for a thesis on number theory. He is an Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University, Emeritus Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London, and a former Fellow of Keble College, Oxford University. He is also a Visiting Professor at the LSE. A former President of the British Society for the History of Mathematics, he has written and edited over 40 books on the subject, including Lewis Carroll in Numberland (Penguin, 2008), Four Colours Suffice (Princeton University Press, 2009), Combinatorics: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2016), and Euler’s Pioneering Equation (OUP,2018). He has been awarded the Mathematical Association of America’s Lester Ford award and Pólya prize for his ‘outstanding expository writing’, and the Stanton Medal for outreach activities in combinatorics by the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications. He has Erdős Number 1.

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