My numbers, my friends : popular lectures on number theory / Paulo Ribenboim.

This is a selection of expository essays by Paulo Ribenboim, the author of such popular titles as "The New Book of Prime Number Records" and "The Little Book of Big Primes". The book contains essays on Fibonacci numbers, prime numbers, Bernoulli numbers, and historical presentati...

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Main Author: Ribenboim, Paulo (Author)
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Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [2000]
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