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Readership: Graduates in pure mathematics, particularly in number theory.
Fernando Rodriguez Villegas, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin
"...easily readable...The book can be warmly recommended not only to those with a preference for number theory but even for the general readership in pure mathematics or supervisors looking for creative examples for further motivation of scientific computations." - EMS Newsletter
Preface 1: Basic examples 2: Reciprocity 3: Positive definite binary quadratic forms 4: Sequences 5: Combinatorics 6: p-adic numbers 7: Polynomials 8: Remarks on selected exercises References Index