基本説明
This new collection includes essays on Fibonaccinum numbers, prime numbers, Bernoulli numbers, and historical presentations of the main problems pertaining to elementary number theory, such as Kummers work on Fermat's last theorem.
Full Description
This selection of expository essays by Paulo Ribenboim should be of interest to mathematicians from all walks. Ribenboim, a highly praised author of several popular titles, writes each essay in a light and humorous language without secrets, making them thoroughly accessible to everyone with an interest in numbers. This new collection includes essays on Fibonacci numbers, prime numbers, Bernoulli numbers, and historical presentations of the main problems pertaining to elementary number theory, such as Kummers work on Fermat's last theorem.
Contents
The Fibonacci Numbers and the Arctic Ocean.- Representation of Real Numbers by Means of Fibonacci Numbers.- Prime Number Records.- Selling Primes.- Euler's Famous Prime Generating Polynomial and the Class Number of Imaginary Quadratic Fields.- Gauss and the Class Number Problem.- Consecutive Powers.- 1093.- Powerless Facing Powers.- What Kind of Number Is $$ \sqrt 2 ^{\sqrt 2 } $$ ?.- Galimatias Arithmeticae.
