Notes on Fermat's Last Theorem - Couverture rigide

Van Der Poorten, Alfred J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0471062618 ISBN 13 : 9780471062615

Editeur : Wiley-Interscience, 1996

Synopsis

This is one of the first books to deal with Fermat's theorem and its proof discovered by Andrew Wiles, including a succinct discussion of Wiles' proof and its implications. Each chapter explains a separate area of number theory as it pertains to Fermat's last theorem and combined, presents a concise history of the theorem. The engaging writing style makes the text accessible for non-math students.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alf van der Poorten is Director of the Centre for Number Theory Research and Head of the School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing, and Electronics at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Over the past twenty years he has held short-term visiting positions at various universities in North America and Europe, and has made important contributions in a number of areas of mathematical research. Dr. van der Poorten is well known internationally as an amusing lecturer and expositor and has published over one hundred papers, primarily on topics inspired by number theoretical problems.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Interscience
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471062618
• ISBN 13: 9780471062615
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
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