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You are probably wondering, 'What exactly are biscuits of number theory?' In this book, the editors have selected easily digested bite-sized articles and notes which aid an understanding of number theory. This is a collection of articles chosen for being exceptionally well written and capable of being appreciated by anyone who has taken (or is taking) a first course in number theory. The list of authors is outstanding, and the chapters cover arithmetic, primes, irrationality, sums of squares and polygonal numbers, Fibonacci numbers, number theoretic functions and elliptic curves, cubes, and Fermat's last theorem. As with any anthology, you don't have to read the chapters in order, you can dive in anywhere, making this book ideal for use as a textbook supplement for a number theory course.
Contents
Introduction; Part I. Arithmeticof two; 2. From 30 to 60 is not twice as hard Michael Dalezman; 3. Reducing the sum of two fractions Harris S. Shultz and Ray C. Shiflett; 4. A postmodern view of fractions and reciprocals of Fermat primes Rafe Jones and Jan Pearce; 5. Visible structures in number theory Peter Borwein and Loki Jorgenson; 6. Visual gems of number theory Roger B. Nelsen; Part II. Primes: 7. A new proof of Euclid's theorem Filip Saidak; 8. On the infinitude of the primes Harry Furstenberg; 9. On the series of prime reciprocals James A. Clarkson; 10. Applications of a simple counting technique Melvin Hausner; 11. On weird and pseudoperfect numbers S. J. Benkoski and P. Erdos; 12. A heuristic for the prime number theorem Hugh L. Montgomery and Stan Wagon; 13. A tale of two sieves Carl Pomerance; Part III. Irrationality and Continued Fractions: 14. Irrationality of the square root of two - a geometric proof Tom M. Apostol; 15. Math bite: irrationality of m Harley Flanders; 16. A simple proof that p is irrational Ivan Niven; 17. p, e and other irrational numbers Alan E. Parks; 18. A short proof of the simple continued fraction of e Henry Cohn; 19. Diophantine Olympics and world champions: polynomials and primes down under Edward B. Burger; 20. An elementary proof of the Wallis product formula for Pi Johan Wastlund; 21. The Orchard problem Ross Honsberger; Part IV. Sums of Squares and Polygonal Numbers: 22. A one-sentence proof that every prime p ? ｡ 1 (mod 4) is a sum of two squares D. Zagier; 23. Sum of squares II Martin Gardner and Dan Kalman 24. Sums of squares VIII Roger B. Nelsen; 25. A short proof of Cauchy's polygonal number theorem Melvyn B. Nathanson; 26. Genealogy of Pythagorean triads A. Hall; Part V. Fibonacci Numbers: 27. A dozen questions about Fibonacci numbers James Tanton; 28. The Fibonacci numbers - exposed Dan Kalman and Robert Mena; 29. The Fibonacci numbers - exposed more discretely Arthur T. Benjamin and Jennifer J. Quinn; Part VI. Number-Theoretic Functions: 30. Great moments of the Riemann zeta function Jennifer Beineke and Chris Hughes; 31. The Collatz chameleon Marc Chamberland; 32. Bijecting Euler's partition recurrence David M. Bressoud and Doron Zeilberger; 33. Discovery of a most extraordinary law of the numbers concerning the sum of their divisors Leonard Euler; 34. The factorial function and generalizations Manjul Bhargava; 35. An elementary proof of the quadratic reciprocity law Sey Y. Kim; Part VII. Elliptic Curves, Cubes and Fermat's Last Theorem: 36. Proof without words: cubes and squares J. Barry Love; 37. Taxicabs and sums of two cubes Joseph H. Silverman; 38. Three Fermat trails to elliptic curves Ezra Brown; 39. Fermat's last theorem in combinatorial form W. V. Quine; 40. 'A marvellous proof' Fernando Q. Gouvea; About the editors.
