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- ISBN
- 0471462349
- EAN
- 9780471462347
- Date of Publication
- 2005-05-18
- Release Title
- Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math
- Artist
- Wells, David
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- Book Title
- Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0471462349
ISBN-13
9780471462347
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43398053
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Prime Numbers : the Most Mysterious Figures in Math
Publication Year
2005
Subject
Number Theory
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Mathematics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-019974
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"The book is nicely produced and is an easy read..." ( The Mathematical Gazette , November 2007) 'Compulsory reading for the mathematically minded.' (Inside OR, March 2012), ""The book is nicely produced and is an easy read..."" (""The Mathematical Gazette"", November 2007)
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
512.7/23
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments. Author's Note. Introduction. Entries A to Z. abc conjecture. abundant number. AKS algorithm for primality testing. aliquot sequences (sociable chains). almost-primes. amicable numbers. amicable curiosities. Andrica's conjecture. arithmetic progressions, of primes. Aurifeuillian factorization. average prime. Bang's theorem. Bateman's conjecture. Beal's conjecture, and prize. Benford's law. Bernoulli numbers. Bernoulli number curiosities. Bertrand's postulate. Bonse's inequality. Brier numbers. Brocard's conjecture. Brun's constant. Buss's function. Carmichael numbers. Catalan's conjecture. Catalan's Mersenne conjecture. Champernowne's constant. champion numbers. Chinese remainder theorem. cicadas and prime periods. circle, prime. circular prime. Clay prizes, the. compositorial. concatenation of primes. conjectures. consecutive integer sequence. consecutive numbers. consecutive primes, sums of. Conway's prime-producing machine. cousin primes. Cullen primes. Cunningham project. Cunningham chains. decimals, recurring (periodic). the period of 1/13. cyclic numbers. Artin's conjecture. the repunit connection. magic squares. deficient number. deletable and truncatable primes. Demlo numbers. descriptive primes. Dickson's conjecture. digit properties. Diophantus (c. AD 200; d. 284). Dirichlet's theorem and primes in arithmetic series. primes in polynomials. distributed computing. divisibility tests. divisors (factors). how many divisors? how big is d(n)? record number of divisors. curiosities of d(n). divisors and congruences. the sum of divisors function. the size of ?(n). a recursive formula. divisors and partitions. curiosities of ?(n). prime factors. divisor curiosities. economical numbers. Electronic Frontier Foundation. elliptic curve primality proving. emirp. Eratosthenes of Cyrene, the sieve of. Erdos, Paul (1913-1996). his collaborators and Erdos numbers. errors. Euclid (c. 330-270 BC). unique factorization. &Radic;2 is irrational. Euclid and the infinity of primes. consecutive composite numbers. primes of the form 4n +3. a recursive sequence. Euclid and the first perfect number. Euclidean algorithm. Euler, Leonhard (1707-1783). Euler's convenient numbers. the Basel problem. Euler's constant. Euler and the reciprocals of the primes. Euler's totient (phi) function. Carmichael's totient function conjecture. curiosities of ?(n). Euler's quadratic. the Lucky Numbers of Euler. factorial. factors of factorials. factorial primes. factorial sums. factorials, double, triple . . . . factorization, methods of. factors of particular forms. Fermat's algorithm. Legendre's method. congruences and factorization. how difficult is it to factor large numbers? quantum computation. Feit-Thompson conjecture. Fermat, Pierre de (1607-
Synopsis
A fascinating journey into the mind-bending world of prime numbers Cicadas of the genus Magicicada appear once every 7, 13, or 17 years. Is it just a coincidence that these are all prime numbers? How do twin primes differ from cousin primes, and what on earth (or in the mind of a mathematician) could be sexy about prime numbers? What did Albert Wilansky find so fascinating about his brother-in-law's phone number? Mathematicians have been asking questions about prime numbers for more than twenty-five centuries, and every answer seems to generate a new rash of questions. In Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math, you'll meet the world's most gifted mathematicians, from Pythagoras and Euclid to Fermat, Gauss, and Erd?o?s, and you'll discover a host of unique insights and inventive conjectures that have both enlarged our understanding and deepened the mystique of prime numbers. This comprehensive, A-to-Z guide covers everything you ever wanted to know--and much more that you never suspected--about prime numbers, including: * The unproven Riemann hypothesis and the power of the zeta function * The ""Primes is in P"" algorithm * The sieve of Eratosthenes of Cyrene * Fermat and Fibonacci numbers * The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search * And much, much more, A fascinating journey into the mind-bending world of prime numbers Cicadas of the genus Magicicada appear once every 7, 13, or 17 years. Is it just a coincidence that these are all prime numbers? How do twin primes differ from cousin primes, and what on earth (or in the mind of a mathematician) could be sexy about prime numbers? What did Albert Wilansky find so fascinating about his brother-in-law's phone number? Mathematicians have been asking questions about prime numbers for more than twenty-five centuries, and every answer seems to generate a new rash of questions. In Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math, you'll meet the world's most gifted mathematicians, from Pythagoras and Euclid to Fermat, Gauss, and Erd'o's, and you'll discover a host of unique insights and inventive conjectures that have both enlarged our understanding and deepened the mystique of prime numbers. This comprehensive, A-to-Z guide covers everything you ever wanted to know--and much more that you never suspected--about prime numbers, including: * The unproven Riemann hypothesis and the power of the zeta function * The ""Primes is in P"" algorithm * The sieve of Eratosthenes of Cyrene * Fermat and Fibonacci numbers * The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search * And much, much more, A fascinating journey into the mind-bending world of prime numbers Cicadas of the genus Magicicada appear once every 7, 13, or 17 years. Is it just a coincidence that these are all prime numbers? How do twin primes differ from cousin primes, and what on earth (or in the mind of a mathematician) could be sexy about prime numbers? What did Albert Wilansky find so fascinating about his brother-in-law2s phone number? Mathematicians have been asking questions about prime numbers for more than twenty-five centuries, and every answer seems to generate a new rash of questions. In Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math, you2ll meet the world2s most gifted mathematicians, from Pythagoras and Euclid to Fermat, Gauss, and Erd'o's, and you2ll discover a host of unique insights and inventive conjectures that have both enlarged our understanding and deepened the mystique of prime numbers. This comprehensive, A-to-Z guide covers everything you ever wanted to know-and much more that you never suspected-about prime numbers, including: The unproven Riemann hypothesis and the power of the zeta function The "Primes is in P" algorithm The sieve of Eratosthenes of Cyrene Fermat and Fibonacci numbers The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search And much, much more, A fascinating look at the maths and mystique of prime numbers. Prime numbers-numbers that are only divisible by one and themselves-have long intrigued mathematicians.
LC Classification Number
QA246.W35 2005
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