01687nam a2200349 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020001800112020002700130040002100157035002100178050002400199082001400223100002300237245011100260250001200371260006800383300001500451440001800466500002000484505043000504533015200934650003001086655002901116700002401145700002501169710001701194856012601211ebr10733066CaPaEBRm     o  u        cr cn|||||||||070926s2007    dcu     s     001 0 eng d  z  2007938223  z9780883857519  z9780883859834 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)68114878814aQA241b.M387 2007eb04a512.72221 aMarshall, David C.10aNumber theory through inquiryh[electronic resource] /cDavid C. Marshall, Edward Odell, Michael Starbird.  a1st ed.  aWashington, D.C. :bMathematical Association of America,c2007.  aix, 140 p. 0aMAA textbooks  aIncludes index.0 aIntroduction -- Divide and conquer -- Prime time -- A modular world -- Fermat's Little Theorem and Euler's Theorem -- Public key cryptography -- Polynomial congruences and primitive roots -- The golden rule : quadratic reciprocity -- Pythagorean triples, sums of squares, and Fermat's Last Theorem -- Rationals close to irrationals and the Pell equation -- The search for primes -- Mathematical induction : the domino effect.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aNumber theoryvTextbooks. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aOdell, E.q(Edward)1 aStarbird, Michael P.2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10733066zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view