The Book of Prime Number Records - Hardcover

Ribenboim, P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540965734 ISBN 13: 9783540965732

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1988

Synopsis

The Guinness Book made records immensely popular. This book is devoted, at first glance, to present records concerning prime numbers. But it is much more. It explores the interface between computations and the theory of prime numbers. The book contains an up-to-date historical presentation of the main problems about prime numbers, as well as many fascinating topics, including primality testing. It is written in a language without secrets, and thoroughly accessible to everyone.
The new edition has been significantly improved due to a smoother presentation, many new topics and updated records.

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Review

Third Edition

P. Ribenboim

The New Book of Prime Number Records

"A number-theoretical version of the Guinness Book of Records . . . There is much mathematics to be found in these pages. These are records given here as well. This book is written with much wit. Experts may not find much that is new, but it is always worthwhile to view the history of a subject as a whole rather than a collection of isolated results."—MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540965734
• ISBN 13: 9783540965732
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 476