Introduction to the Theory of Numbers [Dover ed] 0486466698, 9780486466699

Starting with the fundamentals of number theory, this text advances to an intermediate level. Author Harold N. Shapiro,

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Introduction to the Theory of Numbers [Dover ed]
 0486466698, 9780486466699

Table of contents :
Content: Divisibility and other beginnings --
The unique factorization theorem --
Arithmetic functions --
The ring of arithmetic functions (a do-it-yourself chapter) --
Congruences --
Structure of the reduced residue classes --
Quadratic congruences --
Counting problems (a do-it-yourself chapter) --
The elements of prime number theory --
The prime number theorem.

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