An Introduction to Number Theory / Edition 1

by Harold M. Stark

Overview

The majority of students who take courses in number theory are mathematics majors who will not become number theorists. Many of them will, however, teach mathematics at the high school or junior college level, and this book is intended for those students learning to teach, in addition to a careful presentation of the standard material usually taught in a first course in elementary number theory, this book includes a chapter on quadratic fields which the author has designed to make students think about some of the "obvious" concepts they have taken for granted earlier. The book also includes a large number of exercises, many of which are nonstandard.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780262690607
Publisher:	MIT Press
Publication date:	05/30/1978
Series:	The MIT Press
Pages:	360
Sales rank:	724,383
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

What People are Saying About This

American Mathematical Society Monthly - K.F. Ireland

Stark has written a delightful leisurely account of elementary numbertheory with little or no ideal theoreticpremeditation, included an abundantsupply of great exercises, and endedwith an exciting chapter on quadraticnumber fields.

Reviews of the American Mathematical Society - A.L. Whitman

...this book will furnish the student, the teacher and the specialist alike with new methods and new insights into number theory. It is a welcome addition to the literature.

From the Publisher

"Stark has written a delightful leisurely account of elementary numbertheory with little or no ideal theoreticpremeditation, included an abundantsupply of great exercises, and endedwith an exciting chapter on quadraticnumber fields," K.F. Ireland, theAmerican MathematicalSociety Monthly

"... this book will furnish the student,the teacher and the specialist alike withnew methods and new insights intonumber theory It is a welcome additionto the literature " A.L.

Whitman , Reviews of the American MathematicalSociety

Editorial Reviews

Stark has written a delightful leisurely account of elementary number theory with little or no ideal theoretic premeditation, included an abundant supply of great exercises, and ended with an exciting chapter on quadratic number fields.—K.F. Ireland, American Mathematical Society Monthly—

...this book will furnish the student, the teacher and the specialist alike with new methods and new insights into number theory. It is a welcome addition to the literature.

—A.L. Whitman, Reviews of the American Mathematical Society—

From the Publisher

...this book will furnish the student, the teacher and the specialist alike with new methods and new insights into number theory. It is a welcome addition to the literature.

—A.L. Whitman, Reviews of the American Mathematical Society

Reviews

...this book will furnish the student, the teacher and the specialist alike with new methods and new insights into number theory. It is a welcome addition to the literature.

Reviews of the American Mathematical Society - A.L. Whitman

Stark has written a delightful leisurely account of elementary number theory with little or no ideal theoretic premeditation, included an abundant supply of great exercises, and ended with an exciting chapter on quadratic number fields.

American Mathematical Society Monthly - K.F. Ireland