Primes and Programming

Peter Giblin

ISBN 10: 0521409888 / ISBN 13: 9780521409889

Published by Cambridge University Press 1993-09-02, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Primes and Programming
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 1993-09-02
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521409888
• ISBN 13: 9780521409889
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Peter Giblin describes, in the context of an introduction to the theory of numbers, some of the more elementary methods for factorization and primality testing; that is, methods independent of a knowledge of other areas of mathematics. Indeed everything is developed from scratch so the mathematical prerequisites are minimal. An essential feature of the book is the large number of computer programs (written in Pascal) and a wealth of computational exercises and projects, in addition to more usual theory exercises. The theoretical development includes continued fractions and quadratic residues, directed always towards the two fundamental problems of primality testing and factorization. There is time, all the same, to include a number of topics and projects of a purely "recreational" nature.

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In this book, Peter Giblin describes, in the context of an introduction to the theory of numbers, some of the more elementary methods for factorization and primality testing; that is, methods independent of a knowledge of other areas of mathematics. Indeed everything is developed from scratch so the mathematical prerequisites are minimal.