This book presents a historical overview of number theory. It examines texts that span some thirty-six centuries of arithmetical work, from an Old Babylonian tablet to Legendre's Essai sur la Theorie des Nombres, written in 1798. Coverage employs a historical approach in the analysis of problems and evolving methods of number theory and their significance within mathematics. The book also takes the reader into the workshops of four major authors of modern number theory: Fermat, Euler, Lagrange and Legendre and presents a detailed and critical examination of their work.
- ISBN13 9780817645656
- Publish Date 22 December 2006 (first published April 1984)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Birkhauser Boston Inc
- Edition 2001 ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 377
- Language English