Number theory (Record no. 2657)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780817645656
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Transcribing agency Tata Book House
Original cataloging agency ICTS-TIFR
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Classification number QA241
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Personal name Andre Well
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Title Number theory
Remainder of title : an approach through history from hammurapi to legendre
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Boston:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Birkhauser,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. [c2007]
300 ## - Physical Description
Pages: 375 p.
490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Institute for Advanced Study
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Chapter 1 Protohistory<br/>Chapter 2 Fermat and His Correspondents<br/>Chapter 3 Euler<br/>Chapter 4 An Age of Transition: Lagrange and Legendre
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. André Weil, one of the outstanding contributors to number theory, has written an historical exposition of this subject; his study examines texts that span roughly thirty-six centuries of arithmetical work – from an Old Babylonian tablet, datable to the time of Hammurapi to Legendre’s Essai sur la Théorie des Nombres (1798). Motivated by a desire to present the substance of his field to the educated reader, Weil employs an historical approach in the analysis of problems and evolving methods of number theory and their significance within mathematics. In the course of his study Weil accompanies the reader into the workshops of four major authors of modern number theory (Fermat, Euler, Lagrange and Legendre) and there he conducts a detailed and critical examination of their work. Enriched by a broad coverage of intellectual history, Number Theory represents a major contribution to the understanding of our cultural heritage.---Summary provided by publisher
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