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Description of  History of the Theory of Numbers, Volume II: Diophantine Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)

The three-volume series History of the Theory of Numbers is the work of the distinguished mathematician Leonard Eugene Dickson, who taught at the University of Chicago for four decades and is celebrated for his many contributions to number theory and group theory. This second volume in the series, which is suitable for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, is devoted to the subject of diophantine analysis. It can be read independently of the preceding volume, which explores divisibility and primality, and volume III, which examines quadratic and higher forms. Featured topics include polygonal, pyramidal, and figurate numbers linear diophantine equations and congruences partitions rational right triangles triangles, quadrilaterals, and tetrahedra the sums of two, three, four, and Read more