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" Number theory through inquiry / "
David C. Marshall, Edward Odell, Michael Starbird
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BL
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588507
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b417726
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| Main Entry
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Marshall, David C
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Number theory through inquiry /\ David C. Marshall, Edward Odell, Michael Starbird
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| Series Statement
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MAA textbooks
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ix, 140 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780883857519
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: 0883857510
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| Notes
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Includes index
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| Contents
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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
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Number theory, Textbooks
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512.7
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QA241.M387 2007
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Odell, E., (Edward)
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Starbird, Michael
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Mathematical Association of America
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