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Prime Numbers and Computer Methods for Factorization

Hans Riesel
Publisher: 
Birkhäuser
Publication Date: 
1994
Number of Pages: 
464
Format: 
Hardcover
Edition: 
2
Series: 
Progress in Mathematics
Price: 
115.00
ISBN: 
0817637435
Category: 
Monograph
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 Preface.-The Number of Primes Below a Given Limit.-The Primes Viewed at Large.-Subtleties in the Distribution of Primes.-The Recognition of Primes.-Classical Methods of Factorization.-Modern Factorization Methods.-Prime Numbers and Cryptography.-Appendix 1. Basic Concepts in Higher Algebra.-Appendix 2. Basic concepts in Higher Arithmetic.-Appendix 3. Quadratic Residues.-Appendix 4. The Arithmetic of Quadratic Fields.-Appendix 5. Higher Algebraic Number Fields.-Appendix 6. Algebraic Factors.-Appendix 7. Elliptic Curves.-Appendix 8. Continued Fractions.-Appendix 9. Multiple-Precision Arithmetic.-Appendix 10. Fast Multiplication of Large Integers.-Appendix 11. The Stieltjes Integral.-Tables.-List of Textbooks.-Index.