Elementary Number Theory - Softcover

Charles Vanden Eynden

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1577664450 ISBN 13: 9781577664451

Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc, 2006

Synopsis

This practical and versatile text evolved from the author's years of teaching experience and the input of his students. Vanden Eynden strives to alleviate the anxiety that many students experience when approaching any proof-oriented area of mathematics, including number theory. His informal yet straightforward writing style explains the ideas behind the process of proof construction, showing that mathematicians develop theorems and proofs from trial and error and evolutionary improvement, not spontaneous insight. Furthermore, the book includes more computational problems than most other number theory texts to build students' familiarity and confidence with the theory behind the material. The author has devised the content, organization, and writing style so that information is accessible, students can gain self-confidence with respect to mathematics, and the book can be used in a wide range of course—from those that emphasize history and type A problems to those that are proof oriented.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Long, Elementary Introduction to Number Theory, Third Edition (ISBN 9780881338362) and Strayer, Elementary Number Theory (ISBN 9781577662242).

From the Back Cover:

"The book is excellent. There is a good mix of routine and more challenging problems. The exposition is very good, too. Students found the book very user-friendly." -- Phillip Lestmann, Bryan College

About this edition

• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1577664450
• ISBN 13: 9781577664451
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288