Number Theory

by: Shailesh Shirali (Author)

Publisher: Universities Press

Publication Date: 2004/1/10

Language: English

Print Length: 108 pages

ISBN-10: 8173714541

ISBN-13: 9788173714542

Book Description

Number Theory has fascinated mathematicians from the most ancient of times. A remarkable feature of number theory is the fact that there is something in it for everyone from puzzle enthusiasts, problem solvers and amateur mathematicians to professional scientists and technologists. This book offers the reader some articles in number theory that appeared in the joual Resonance over the years 1996?2001. The articles included within form a varied lot, beginning with a puzzle, ‘find four positive integers such that the sum of any two is a square, ‘to an expository article on one of the great mathematical achievements of the 20th century’ the proof of ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’.

About the Author

Number Theory has fascinated mathematicians from the most ancient of times. A remarkable feature of number theory is the fact that there is something in it for everyone from puzzle enthusiasts, problem solvers and amateur mathematicians to professional scientists and technologists. This book offers the reader some articles in number theory that appeared in the joual Resonance over the years 1996?2001. The articles included within form a varied lot, beginning with a puzzle, ‘find four positive integers such that the sum of any two is a square, ‘to an expository article on one of the great mathematical achievements of the 20th century’ the proof of ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’.