The Joy of Factoring (Record no. 55784)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781470454852
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 512.72 WAG
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Wagstaff, Samuel S
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Joy of Factoring
Statement of responsibility, etc / Samuel S Wagstaff
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Providence, Rhode Island
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : AMS, American Mathematical Society,
Date of publication, distribution, etc [2013]
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiv, 293 pages
Other physical details : illustrations
Dimensions ; 22 cm.
490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Student mathematical library, v. 68.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Contents note Why factor integers? --<br/>Number theory review --<br/>Number theory relevant to factoring --<br/>How are factors used? --<br/>Simple factoring algorithms --<br/>Continued fractions --<br/>Elliptic curves --<br/>Sieve algorithms --<br/>Factoring devices --<br/>Theoretical and practical factoring.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This book is about the theory and practice of integer factorization presented in a historic perspective. It describes about twenty algorithms for factoring and a dozen other number theory algorithms that support the factoring algorithms. Most algorithms are described both in words and in pseudocode to satisfy both number theorists and computer scientists. Each of the ten chapters begins with a concise summary of its contents. The book starts with a general explanation of why factoring integers is important. The next two chapters present number theory results that are relevant to factoring. Further on there is a chapter discussing, in particular, mechanical and electronic devices for factoring, as well as factoring using quantum physics and DNA molecules. Another chapter applies factoring to breaking certain cryptographic algorithms. Yet another chapter is devoted to practical vs. theoretical aspects of factoring. The book contains more than 100 examples illustrating various algorithms and theorems. It also contains more than 100 interesting exercises to test the reader's understanding. Hints or answers are given for about a third of the exercises. The book concludes with a dozen suggestions of possible new methods for factoring integers. This book is written for readers who want to learn more about the best methods of factoring integers, many reasons for factoring, and some history of this fascinating subject. It can be read by anyone who has taken a first course in number theory."--Publisher's description
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Mathematics
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Algebra
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Factorization (Mathematics)
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Number theory.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Number theory -- Computational number theory -- Factorization.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Number theory -- Elementary number theory -- Factorization; primality
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Talteori.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Wagstaff, Samuel S
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Mathematics Departmental Library
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Mathematics Departmental Library SNU LIBRARY 22/10/2019   512.72 WAG M044 22/10/2019 22/10/2019 Mathematics Departmental Library

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