Prime Numbers, Friends Who Give Problems: A Trialogue With Papa Paulo

Prime Numbers, Friends Who Give Problems is written as a trialogue, with two persons who are interested in prime numbers asking the author, Papa Paulo, intelligent questions.

Starting at a very elementary level, the book advances steadily, covering all important topics of the theory of prime numbers, up to the most famous problems. The humorous conversations and the inclusion of a back-story add to the uniqueness of the book. Concepts and results are also explained with great care, making the book accessible to a wide audience. Contents: What are Prime Numbers? Division is Harder than Multiplication Another Paulo! Is a Dialogue of Three Possible? How Natural Numbers are Made Out of Primes Tell Me Which is the Largest Prime?

Trying Hard to Find Primes A Formula, A Formula, Please Paulo Came with a Lasso Beautiful Old Elementary Arithmetic The Old Man Still Knows Can You Tell Me All About Congruences - Homework Checked Testing for Primality and Factorization Fermat Numbers are Friendly. Are They Primes?

This World is Perfect Unfriendly Numbers from a Friend of Fermat's Paying My Debt Money and Primes Secret Messages New Numbers and Functions Princeps Gauss Gathering Forces The After "Math" of Gauss Primes After Dinner: Bad Dreams - Primes in Arithmetic Progression Selling Primes The Great Prime Mysteries Mysteries in Sequences: More But Not All The End and the Beginningollege students, high school teachers and beginners interested in number theory and important facts about prime numbers.

Book Details

• Author: Ribenboim Paulo
• Publisher: World Scientific
• eBook ISBN: 9789814725828, 981472582X
• Print ISBN: 9789814725804, 9814725803