Problems and methods at the origin of the theory of numbers / Paolo Bussotti.
Pubblicazione:
Roma : Accademia Pontaniana, 2008.
Descrizione fisica:
132 p. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Quaderni dell'Accademia Pontaniana ; 54
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. Introduction. Pt. 1. The scence before Fermat: 1. Diophantus 2. The Indian mathematicians on Pell equation 3. Leonardo Fibonacci and his contributions to the theory of numbers. Pt. 2. Fermat: 1. The birth of modern number theory: the basic ideas and the problems 2. The demonstrations of the theorems enunciated by Fermat 3. The interconnections between the theorems by Fermat and his conceptions of arithmetic. Pt. 3 Conclusions. Bibliography. Content
