Shemanske presents some of the vistas of modern mathematics to undergraduate students who have just started their mathematical education, with the intention of enticing and guiding them into taking mathematics courses beyond the typical calculus...Loe edasi...
Wagstaff (computer science and mathematics, Purdue U.) shows why factoring is important and explains different approaches to factoring integers. Readers should have taken an introductory number theory course (though he reviews the necessary basics),...Loe edasi...