Elementary Number Theory with Applications,
Edition 2
By Thomas Koshy

Publication Date: 08 May 2007
Description
This second edition updates the well-regarded 2001 publication with new short sections on topics like Catalan numbers and their relationship to Pascal's triangle and Mersenne numbers, Pollard rho factorization method, Hoggatt-Hensell identity. Koshy has added a new chapter on continued fractions. The unique features of the first edition like news of recent discoveries, biographical sketches of mathematicians, and applications--like the use of congruence in scheduling of a round-robin tournament--are being refreshed with current information. More challenging exercises are included both in the textbook and in the instructor's manual.

Elementary Number Theory with Applications 2e is ideally suited for undergraduate students and is especially appropriate for prospective and in-service math teachers at the high school and middle school levels.

Key Features

* Loaded with pedagogical features including fully worked examples, graded exercises, chapter summaries, and computer exercises
* Covers crucial applications of theory like computer security, ISBNs, ZIP codes, and UPC bar codes
* Biographical sketches lay out the history of mathematics, emphasizing its roots in India and the Middle East
About the author
By Thomas Koshy, Framingham State University, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Book details
ISBN: 9780123724878
Page Count: 800
Illustrations : Illustrated
Retail Price : £69.99
Burton: Elementary Number Theory 5e (2001, $120.94/£102, 0072325690, McGraw-Hill)

Rosen: Elementary Number Theory and Its Applications 5e (2004, $124/£76.99, 0321237072, Addison-Wesley)
Instructor Resources
Audience
Advanced undergraduates in Number Theory courses, sophomore, juniors, and seniors