The Theory of Numbers

Overview & Synopsis

Robert Daniel Carmichael March 1, 1879 May 2, 1967 was a leading American mathematician.The purpose of this little book is to give the reader a convenient introduction to the theory of numbers, one of the most extensive and most elegant disciplines in the whole body of mathematics. The arrangement of the material is as follows, The five chapters are devoted to the development of those elements which are essential to any study of the subject. The sixth and last chapter is intended to give the reader some indication of the direction of further study with a brief account of the nature of the material in each of the topics suggested.