Number Theory Lectures (Volume 2) (Second Edition)

Author: Ke Zhao, Sun Qi (editors)
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book is written based on the authors' many years of teaching experience and research achievements. In addition to the basic content typically included in elementary number theory textbooks, it also covers cubic and quartic reciprocity laws, an introduction to algebraic number theory, and fundamental knowledge of certain indefinite equations over finite fields. The second edition also includes content on primality testing and integer factorization. While introducing well-known classical results, the authors also pay attention to presenting new proof methods and recent developments, and strive to introduce their applications as much as possible. The second edition of this book is still published in two volumes. The first five chapters of the first volume can be used as teaching material for elementary number theory courses, while the sixth chapter of the first volume and the second volume can be used as teaching material for elective courses. This book can be used as a textbook or reference book for students and postgraduate students majoring in mathematics, computer science, and related fields such as information security, digital signal processing, and combinatorics. It can also be used as a reference for teachers and researchers working in the aforementioned fields.