01716nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10733066 CaPaEBR m o u cr cn||||||||| 070926s2007 dcu s 001 0 eng d 2007938223 9780883857519 9780883859834 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)681148788 QA241 .M387 2007eb 512.7 22 Marshall, David C. Number theory through inquiry [electronic resource] / David C. Marshall, Edward Odell, Michael Starbird. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, 2007. ix, 140 p. MAA textbooks Includes index. Introduction -- 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Number theory Textbooks. Electronic books. local Odell, E. (Edward) Starbird, Michael P. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10733066 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 36715 36715