martyweissman

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by martyweissman 8y ago
Nope -- I didn't take an axiomatic approach, or give a set-theoretic construction of different sets of numbers. Instead, I take basic arithmetic and algebra and properties of real numbers as a starting point. I do dwell on things lik
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by martyweissman 8y ago
I would like to expand the programming tutorials, though I doubt I'll go as abstract as Stepanov. I do provide some discussion of algorithms that generalize, e.g. the Euclidean algorithm and Pingala's algorithm for exponentiation
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by martyweissman 8y ago
The contents kind of evolved from everything I had taught in undergraduate number theory, and a few other courses (a 2-week course for high-school students, some work with K-12 teachers, etc.). First, I wanted to cover the core topics of a
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by martyweissman 8y ago
Yes -- that is a future option. It's a time commitment, but perhaps next summer I'll post a new section on the book webpage with more exercises and solutions to existing ones. (Those who have taught with the book asked for more
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by martyweissman 8y ago
That's cool -- you might like Underwood Dudley's book on Elementary Number Theory. It has a similar set of topics, and I think it has more exercises and contains some solutions. And it's inexpensive!
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by martyweissman 8y ago
I hope you enjoy the book -- the AMS sale does give a great price! Part of the reason I went with the AMS was that they're a nonprofit and their prices are reasonable for a hardcover book printed (offset, not digital on-demand) in col