Summary

The first volume of Dickson's History covers the related topics of divisibility and primality. It begins with a description of the development of our understanding of perfect numbers. Other standard topics, such as Fermat's theorems, primitive roots, counting divisors, the Möbius function, and prime numbers themselves are treated. Dickson, in this thoroughness, also includes less workhorse subjects, such as methods of factoring, divisibility of factorials and properties of the digits of numbers. Concepts, results and citations are numerous.

Classification

• Dewey Decimal: 512

Book Details

• Physical Description: 6.1"x9.1"x1.2"; 1.9 lb; 486 pages
• Edition Info: Hardcover; 1999-05

Subjects

• Science -- General
• Science -- History & Philosophy -- General
• Science -- Mathematics -- General
• Science -- Mathematics -- Pure Mathematics -- Number Theory
• Science -- Technology -- History of Technology
• Medicine -- Special Topics -- History
• Professional & Technical -- Professional Science -- Mathematics -- Pure Mathematics -- Number Theory

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