Number theory : an introduction to mathematics /

Coppel, W. A.,

Number theory : an introduction to mathematics / W. A. Coppel. - Second edition. - xiii, 610 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Universitext .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The expanding universe of numbers --Divisibility -- More on divisibility -- Continued fractions and their uses -- Hadamard's determinant problem -- Hensel's p-adic numbers -- The arithmetic of quadratic forms -- The geometry of numbers -- The number of prime numbers -- A character study -- Uniform distribution and ergodic theory -- Elliptic functions -- Connections with number theory.

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