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, 1956-

a very short introduction

Peter M. Higgins.

Oxford University Press Oxford New York

2011

xiii, 132 p. ill. 18 cm

Very short introductions 260

Includes bibliographical references (125-127) and index , Ch. 1. How not to think about numbers -- ch. 2. The unending sequence of primes -- ch. 3. Perfect and not so perfect numbers -- ch. 4. Cryptography : the secret life of primes -- ch. 5. Numbers that count -- ch. 6. Below the waterline of the number iceberg -- ch. 7. To infinity and beyond! -- ch. 8. Numbers but not as we know them.

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241

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2011

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