Prime Numbers, Friends Who Give Problems: A Trialogue With Papa Paulo

Prime Numbers, Friends Who Give Problems: A Trialogue With Papa Paulo Prime Numbers, Friends Who Give Problems is written as a trialogue, with two persons who are interested in prime numbers asking the author, Papa Paulo, intelligent questions.Starting at a very elementary level, the book advances steadily, covering all important topics of the theory of prime numbers, up to the most famous problems. The humorous conversations and the inclusion of a back-story add to the uniqueness of the book. Concepts and results are also explained with great care, making the book accessible to a wide audience.Contents:What are Prime Numbers?Division is Harder than Multiplication Another Paulo! Is a Dialogue of Three Possible?How Natural Numbers are Made Out of Primes Tell Me Which is the Largest Prime?Trying Hard to Find Primes A Formula, A Formula, Please Paulo Came with a Lasso Beautiful Old Elementary Arithmetic The Old Man Still Knows Can You Tell Me All About Congruences?Homework Checked Testing for Primality and Factorization Fermat Numbers are Friendly. Are They Primes?This World is Perfect Unfriendly Numbers from a Friend of Fermat’s Paying My Debt Money and Primes Secret Messages New Numbers and Functions Princeps Gauss Gathering Forces The After “Math” of Gauss Primes After Dinner: Bad Dreams?Primes in Arithmetic Progression Selling Primes The Great Prime Mysteries Mysteries in Sequences: More But Not All The End and the Beginningollege students, high school teachers and beginners interested in number theory and important facts about prime numbers.Read More Prime Numbers, Friends Who Give Problems: A Trialogue With Papa Paulo is written by Ribenboim Paulo and published by World Scientific. ISBNs for Prime Numbers, Friends Who Give Problems: A Trialogue With Papa Paulo are 9789814725828, 981472582X and the print ISBNs are 9789814725804, 9814725803.