Number Theory in Science and Communication : With Applications in Cryptography, Physics, Biology, Digital Information, and Computing

Schroeder, Manfred R.

ISBN 10: 3540121641 / ISBN 13: 9783540121640

Published by Springer London, Limited, 1984

About this Item

Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Number Theory in Science and Communication : With Applications in Cryptography, Physics, Biology, Digital Information, and Computing
• Publisher: Springer London, Limited
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540121641
• ISBN 13: 9783540121640
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Number Theory in Science and Communication is an introduction for non-mathematicians. The book stresses intuitive understanding rather than abstract theory and highlights important concepts such as continued fractions, the golden ratio, quadratic residues and Chinese remainders, trapdoor functions, pseudoprimes and primitive elements. Their applications to problems in the real world is one of the main themes of the book. This third edition is augmented by recent advances in primes in progressions, twin primes, prime triplets, prime quadruplets and quintruplets, factoring with elliptic curves, quantum factoring, Golomb rulers and "baroque" integers.

Review

From the reviews of the fifth edition:

“Number theory has been a very active field in the last twenty-seven years, and Schroeder’s text has a palimpsest quality, with later mathematical advances layered on earlier ones. ... Number Theory in Science and Communication is rewarding to browse, or as a jumping-off point for further research ... . It would be a good source of student projects in an undergraduate discrete mathematics or number theory course.” (Ursula Whitcher, The Mathematical Association of America, March, 2011)