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Number Theory: An Approach Through History from Hammurapi to Legendre

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This book presents a historical overview of number theory. It examines texts that span some thirty-six centuries of arithmetical work, from an Old Babylonian tablet to Legendre’s Essai sur la Théorie des Nombres, written in 1798. Coverage employs a historical approach in the analysis of problems and evolving methods of number theory and their significance within mathematics. The book also takes the reader into the workshops of four major authors of modern number Fermat, Euler, Lagrange and Legendre and presents a detailed and critical examination of their work.

375 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

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November 29, 2024
Un’opera interessante sulla storia della Teoria dei Numeri. André Weil dimostra la sua grandissima e profonda cultura in questo saggio che, nonostante ciò che viene detto nella prefazione, non è accessibile a chi non abbia una preparazione (seppur minimale) in algebra e in analisi. Libro consigliato soprattutto agli studenti del primo anno universitario di Matematica.
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February 23, 2015
Il "racconto" di alcuni dei momenti piu' fecondi di questa disciplina, da sempre considerata la regina della matematica, nelle conquiste di coloro che ne hanno posto le basi . Assolutamente da leggere .
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