Elementary Number Theory by James S. Kraft, Lawrence C. Washi... - 9781032920351

Elementary Number TheoryAuthor(s): James S. Kraft, Lawrence C. Washington\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC\nISBN-13: 9781032920351, 978-1032920351\nSynopsis\nElementary Number Theory takes an accessible approach to teaching students about the role of number theory in pure mathematics and its important applications to cryptography and other areas. \n\nThe first chapter of the book explains how to do proofs and includes a brief discussion of lemmas, propositions, theorems, and corollaries. The core of the text covers linear Diophantine equations; unique factorization; congruences; Fermats, Eulers, and Wilsons theorems; order and primitive roots; and quadratic reciprocity. The authors also discuss numerous cryptographic topics, such as RSA and discrete logarithms, along with recent developments.\n\nThe book offers many pedagogical features. The \""check your understanding\"" problems scattered throughout the chapters .