Multiplicative Number Theory

Graduate Texts in Mathematics #74

by Harold Davenport, Harold Davenport

The new edition of this thorough examination of the distribution of prime numbers in arithmetic progressions offers many revisions and corrections as well as a new section recounting recent works in the field. The book covers many classical results, including the Dirichlet theorem on the existence of prime numbers in arithmetical progressions and the theorem of Siegel. It also presents a simplified, improved version of the large sieve method.

Genres: Mathematics, Number Theory

196 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1980

Reviews

[Lee]

The plot is confusing and often hard to follow, but this book rewards the patient reader with thorough character development.

[Wissam Raji]

An Excellent course on elementary number theory with a very good choice of introductory topics. However, the book must be supplemented with problems from other sources.