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UNINA9910300257003321 |
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Autore |
Niederreiter Harald |
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Titolo |
Applied Number Theory / / by Harald Niederreiter, Arne Winterhof |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
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[1st ed. 2015.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (X, 442 p. 20 illus., 7 illus. in color.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Number theory |
Information theory |
Data structures (Computer science) |
Number Theory |
Information and Communication, Circuits |
Data Structures and Information Theory |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface -- 1 A Review of Number Theory and Algebra -- 2 Cryptography -- 3 Coding Theory -- 4 Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods -- 5 Pseudorandom Numbers -- 6 Further Applications -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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This textbook effectively builds a bridge from basic number theory to recent advances in applied number theory. It presents the first unified account of the four major areas of application where number theory plays a fundamental role, namely cryptography, coding theory, quasi-Monte Carlo methods, and pseudorandom number generation, allowing the authors to delineate the manifold links and interrelations between these areas. Number theory, which Carl-Friedrich Gauss famously dubbed the queen of mathematics, has always been considered a very beautiful field of mathematics, producing lovely results and elegant proofs. While only very few real-life applications were known in the past, today number theory can be found in everyday life: in supermarket bar code scanners, in our cars’ GPS systems, in online banking, etc. Starting with a brief introductory course on number theory in Chapter 1, which makes the book more accessible for |
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undergraduates, the authors describe the four main application areas in Chapters 2-5 and offer a glimpse of advanced results that are presented without proofs and require more advanced mathematical skills. In the last chapter they review several further applications of number theory, ranging from check-digit systems to quantum computation and the organization of raster-graphics memory. Upper-level undergraduates, graduates and researchers in the field of number theory will find this book to be a valuable resource. |
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