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LeVeque, William Judson was born on August 9, 1923 in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Son of Earl Mehlum and Doris (Roberts) LeV.
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Superb introduction for readers with limited formal mathematical training. Topics include Euclidean algorithm and its consequences, congruences, powers of an integer modulo m, continued fractions, Gaussian integers, Diophantine equations, more. Carefully selected problems included throughout, with answers. Only high school math needed. Bibliography.
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( This excellent textbook introduces the basics of number...)
This excellent textbook introduces the basics of number theory, incorporating the language of abstract algebra. A knowledge of such algebraic concepts as group, ring, field, and domain is not assumed, however; all terms are defined and examples are given — making the book self-contained in this respect. The author begins with an introductory chapter on number theory and its early history. Subsequent chapters deal with unique factorization and the GCD, quadratic residues, number-theoretic functions and the distribution of primes, sums of squares, quadratic equations and quadratic fields, diophantine approximation, and more. Included are discussions of topics not always found in introductory texts: factorization and primality of large integers, p-adic numbers, algebraic number fields, Brun's theorem on twin primes, and the transcendence of e, to mention a few. Readers will find a substantial number of well-chosen problems, along with many notes and bibliographical references selected for readability and relevance. Five helpful appendixes — containing such study aids as a factor table, computer-plotted graphs, a table of indices, the Greek alphabet, and a list of symbols — and a bibliography round out this well-written text, which is directed toward undergraduate majors and beginning graduate students in mathematics. No post-calculus prerequisite is assumed. 1977 edition.
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reitred mathematician association executive
LeVeque, William Judson was born on August 9, 1923 in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Son of Earl Mehlum and Doris (Roberts) LeV.
Bachelor summa cum laude, University Colorado, 1944. Master of Arts, Cornell University, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1947.
He was executive director of the American Mathematical Society during the 1970s and 1980s when that organization was growing rapidly and greatly increasing its use of computers in academic publishing. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado in 1944, and a Master"s degree in 1945 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1947 from Cornell University. He was an instructor at Harvard University from 1947 to 1949, then started at University of Michigan as an instructor and rose to Professor.
In 1970 he moved to the Claremont Graduate School.
In 1977 he became executive director of the American Mathematical Society and remained there until his retirement in 1988. They then moved to Bainbridge Island, Washington where he kept active in volunteer activities for the rest of his life.
He died December 1, 2007., educated, educated Online Computer Library Center 948152.
(6 volumes).
( This excellent textbook introduces the basics of number...)
( Superb introduction for readers with limited formal mat...)
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American.
Married Ann Thuma, May 8, 1970. 1 child by previous marriage, Randall John.