An Introduction to Diophantine Equations
An Introduction to Diophantine Equations by Andreescu/Andrica
English | 2002 | ISBN: 9739238882 | 200 Pages | DJVU | 5.2 MB
English | 2002 | ISBN: 9739238882 | 200 Pages | DJVU | 5.2 MB
This book is an introduction to the study of diophantine equations. The material is organized in two parts. The first part contains three chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the reader to the main elementary methods in solving diophantine equations such as decomposition, modular arithmetic, mathematical induction, Fermat's infinite descent. Chapter 2 presents some classical diophantine equations, including linear, pythagorean and some higher degree equations. Chapter 3 focuses on Pell's type equations, serving again as an introduction to this special class of quadratic diophantine equations.