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Number Theory: An Approach Through History from Hammurapi to Legendre

Number Theory: An Approach Through History from Hammurapi to Legendre

Weil, André

Paperback

Series: Modern Birkhäuser Classics

Sports GeneralGeneral Mathematics

ISBN10: 0817645659
ISBN13: 9780817645656
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Dec 22 2006
Pages: 377
Weight: 1.30
Height: 1.01 Width: 9.22 Depth: 6.22
Language: English

Number Theory or arithmetic, as some prefer to call it, is the oldest, purest, liveliest, most elementary yet sophisticated field of mathematics. 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. Enriched by a broad coverage of intellectual history, Number Theory represents a major contribution to the understanding of our cultural heritage

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