The Whole Truth About Whole Numbers, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
An Elementary Introduction to Number Theory

The Whole Truth About Whole Numbers is an introduction to the field of Number Theory for students in non-math and non-science majors who have studied at least two years of high school algebra. Rather than giving brief introductions to a wide variety of topics, this book provides an in-depth introduction to the field of Number Theory. The topics covered are many of those included in an introductory Number Theory course for mathematics majors, but the presentation is carefully tailored to meet the needs of elementary education, liberal arts, and other non-mathematical majors. The text covers logic and proofs, as well as major concepts in Number Theory, and contains an abundance of worked examples and exercises to both clearly illustrate concepts and evaluate the students? mastery of the material.

Introduction.- Conjectures, Proofs and Counterexamples.- Pythagorean Triples.- Prime Numbers.- The Division Algorithm and the Euclidean Algorithm.- Congruences.- Numerical Functions and Special Congruences.- Cryptography.

Introduction to Number Theory for non-math and non-science majors

Very accessible to liberal arts students with many relevant proof-solving techniques and exercises

Includes standard topics in a first Number Theory course as well as applications to identification numbers and cryptography

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