Primality testing for beginners

By: Lasse Rempe-GillenContributor(s): Rebecca WaldeckerMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Student Mathematical Library ; Vol. 70Publication details: Rhode Island: American Mathematical Science, [c2015]Description: 244 pISBN: 978-0-8218-9883-3Subject(s): MathematicsLOC classification: QA241
Contents:
Introduction Part 1. Foundations Chapter 1. Natural numbers and primes Chapter 2. Algorithms and complexity Chapter 3. Foundations of number theory Chapter 4. Prime numbers and cryptography The AKS algorithm Chapter 5. The starting point: Fermat for polynomials Chapter 6. The theorem for Agrawal, Kayal, and Saxena Chapter 7. The algorithm
Summary: Rempe-Gillen and Waldecker introduce the aspects of number theory, algorithm theory, and cryptography that are relevant for the AKS algorithm and explain in detail why and how this test works. This book is specifically designed to make the reader familiar with the background that is necessary to appreciate the AKS algorithm and begins at a level that is suitable for secondary school students, teachers, and interested amateurs. Throughout the book, the reader becomes involved in the topic by means of numerous exercises. --- Summary provided by publisher
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Introduction
Part 1. Foundations
Chapter 1. Natural numbers and primes
Chapter 2. Algorithms and complexity
Chapter 3. Foundations of number theory
Chapter 4. Prime numbers and cryptography
The AKS algorithm
Chapter 5. The starting point: Fermat for polynomials
Chapter 6. The theorem for Agrawal, Kayal, and Saxena
Chapter 7. The algorithm

Rempe-Gillen and Waldecker introduce the aspects of number theory, algorithm theory, and cryptography that are relevant for the AKS algorithm and explain in detail why and how this test works. This book is specifically designed to make the reader familiar with the background that is necessary to appreciate the AKS algorithm and begins at a level that is suitable for secondary school students, teachers, and interested amateurs. Throughout the book, the reader becomes involved in the topic by means of numerous exercises. --- Summary provided by publisher

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