A Few Fundamentals / Part I: |
Introduction / 1: |
The Family of Numbers |
Fibonacci, Continued Fractions and the Golden Ratio / 1.1: |
Fermat, Primes and Cyclotomy / 1.2: |
Euler, Totients and Cryptography / 1.3: |
Gauss, Congruences and Diffraction / 1.4: |
Galois, Fields and Codes / 1.5: |
The Natural Numbers / 2: |
The Fundamental Theorem / 2.1: |
The Least Common Multiple / 2.2: |
Planetary "Gears" / 2.3: |
The Greatest Common Divisor / 2.4: |
Human Pitch Perception / 2.5: |
Octaves, Temperament, Kilos and Decibels / 2.6: |
Coprimes / 2.7: |
Euclid's Algorithm / 2.8: |
The Decimal System Decimated / 2.9: |
Primes / 3: |
How Many Primes are There? / 3.1: |
The Sieve of Eratosthenes / 3.2: |
A Chinese Theorem in Error / 3.3: |
A Formula for Primes / 3.4: |
Mersenne Primes / 3.5: |
Repunits / 3.6: |
Perfect Numbers / 3.7: |
Fermat Primes / 3.8: |
Gauss and the Impossible Heptagon / 3.9: |
The Prime Distribution / 4: |
A Probabilistic Argument / 4.1: |
The Prime-Counting Function [pi](x) / 4.2: |
David Hilbert and Large Nuclei / 4.3: |
Coprime Probabilities / 4.4: |
Primes in Progressions / 4.5: |
Primeless Expanses / 4.6: |
Squarefree and Coprime Integers / 4.7: |
Twin Primes / 4.8: |
Prime Triplets / 4.9: |
Prime Quadruplets and Quintuplets / 4.10: |
Primes at Any Distance / 4.11: |
Spacing Distribution Between Adjacent Primes / 4.12: |
Goldbach's Conjecture / 4.13: |
Sum of Three Primes / 4.14: |
Some Simple Applications / Part II: |
Fractions: Continued, Egyptian and Farey / 5: |
A Neglected Subject / 5.1: |
Relations with Measure Theory / 5.2: |
Periodic Continued Fractions / 5.3: |
Electrical Networks and Squared Squares / 5.4: |
Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio / 5.5: |
Fibonacci, Rabbits and Computers / 5.6: |
Fibonacci and Divisibility / 5.7: |
Generalized Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers / 5.8: |
Egyptian Fractions, Inheritance and Some Unsolved Problems / 5.9: |
Farey Fractions / 5.10: |
Farey Trees / 5.10.1: |
Locked Pallas / 5.10.2: |
Fibonacci and the Problem of Bank Deposits / 5.11: |
Error-Free Computing / 5.12: |
Congruences and the Like / Part III: |
Linear Congruences / 6: |
Residues / 6.1: |
Some Simple Fields / 6.2: |
Powers and Congruences / 6.3: |
Diophantine Equations / 7: |
Relation with Congruences / 7.1: |
A Gaussian Trick / 7.2: |
A Stamp Problem / 7.3: |
Nonlinear Diophantine Equations / 7.4: |
Triangular Numbers / 7.5: |
Phthagorean Numbers / 7.6: |
Exponential Diophantine Equations / 7.7: |
Fermat's Last "Theorem" / 7.8: |
The Demise of a Conjecture by Euler / 7.9: |
A Nonlinear Diophantine Equation in Physics and the Geometry of Numbers / 7.10: |
Normal-Mode Degeneracy in Room Acoustics (A Number-Theoretic Application) / 7.11: |
Waring's Problem / 7.12: |
The Theorems of Fermat, Wilson and Euler / 8: |
Fermat's Theorem / 8.1: |
Wilson's Theorem / 8.2: |
Euler's Theorem / 8.3: |
The Impossible Star of David / 8.4: |
Dirichlet and Linear Progression / 8.5: |
Permutations, Cycles and Derangements / 9: |
Permutations / 9.1: |
Binomial Coefficients / 9.2: |
The Binomial and Related Distributions / 9.3: |
Permutation Cycles / 9.4: |
Derangements / 9.5: |
Ascents and Descents / 9.6: |
Quantum Decrypting / 9.7: |
Decrypting without Factoring / 9.8: |
Quantum Cryptography / 9.9: |
One-Time Pads / 9.10: |
The Bennet-Brossard Key Distribution Scheme (BB84) / 9.11: |
Cryptography and Divisors / Part IV: |
Euler Trap Doors and Public-Key Encryption / 10: |
A Numerical Trap Door / 10.1: |
Digital Encryption / 10.2: |
Public-Key Encryption / 10.3: |
A Simple Example / 10.4: |
Repeated Encryption / 10.5: |
Summary and Encryption Requirements / 10.6: |
The Divisor Functions / 11: |
The Number of Divisors / 11.1: |
The Average of the Divisor Function / 11.2: |
The Geometric Mean of the Divisors / 11.3: |
The Summatory Function of the Divisor Function / 11.4: |
The Generalized Divisor Functions / 11.5: |
The Average Value of Euler's Function / 11.6: |
The Prime Divisor Functions / 12: |
The Number of Different Prime Divisors / 12.1: |
The Distribution of [omega](n) / 12.2: |
The Number of Prime Divisors / 12.3: |
The Harmonic Mean of [Omega](n) / 12.4: |
Medians and Percentiles of [Omega](n) / 12.5: |
Implications for Public-Key Encryption / 12.6: |
Certified Signatures / 13: |
A Story of Creative Financing / 13.1: |
Certified Signature for Public-Key Encryption / 13.2: |
Primitive Roots / 14: |
Orders / 14.1: |
Periods of Decimal and Binary Fractions / 14.2: |
A Primitive Proof of Wilson's Theorem / 14.3: |
The Index-A Number-Theoretic Logarithm / 14.4: |
Solution of Exponential Congruences / 14.5: |
What is the Order T[subscript m] of an Integer m Modulo a Prime p? / 14.6: |
Index "Encryption" / 14.7: |
A Fourier Property of Primitive Roots and Concert Hall Acoustics / 14.8: |
More Spacious-Sounding Sound / 14.9: |
Galois Arrays for X-Ray Astronomy / 14.10: |
A Negative Property of the Fermat Primes / 14.11: |
Knapsack Encryption / 15: |
An Easy Knapsack / 15.1: |
A Hard Knapsack / 15.2: |
Residues and Diffraction / Part V: |
Quadratic Residues / 16: |
Quadratic Congruences / 16.1: |
Euler's Criterion / 16.2: |
The Legendre Symbol / 16.3: |
A Fourier Property of Legendre Sequences / 16.4: |
Gauss Sums / 16.5: |
Pretty Diffraction / 16.6: |
Quadratic Reciprocity / 16.7: |
A Fourier Property of Quadratic-Residue Sequences / 16.8: |
Spread Spectrum Communication / 16.9: |
Generalized Legendre Sequences Obtained Through Complexification of the Euler Criterion / 16.10: |
Chinese and Other Fast Algorithms / Part VI: |
The Chinese Remainder Theorem and Simultaneous Congruences / 17: |
Simultaneous Congruences / 17.1: |
The Sino-Representation: A Chinese Number System / 17.2: |
Aplications of the Sino-Representation / 17.3: |
Discrete Fourier Transformation in Sino / 17.4: |
A Sino-Optical Fourier Transformer / 17.5: |
Generalized Sino-Representation / 17.6: |
Fast Prime-Length Fourier Transform / 17.7: |
Fast Transformation and Kronecker Products / 18: |
A Fast Hadamard Transform / 18.1: |
The Basic Principle of the Fast Fourier Transforms / 18.2: |
Application of the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) / 19: |
Pseudoprimes, Mobius Transform, and Partitions / Part VII: |
Pseudoprimes, Poker and Remote Coin Tossing / 20: |
Pulling Roots to Ferret Out Composites / 20.1: |
Factors from a Square Root / 20.2: |
Coin Tossing by Telephone / 20.3: |
Absolute and Strong Pseudoprimes / 20.4: |
Fermat and Strong Pseudoprimes / 20.5: |
Deterministic Primality Testing / 20.6: |
A Very Simple Factoring Algorithm / 20.7: |
Factoring with Elliptic Curves / 20.8: |
Quantum Factoring / 20.9: |
The Mobius Function and the Mobius Transform / 21: |
The Mobius Transform and Its Inverse / 21.1: |
Proof of the Inversion Formula / 21.2: |
Second Inversion Formula / 21.3: |
Third Inversion Formula / 21.4: |
Fourth Inversion Formula / 21.5: |
Riemann's Hypothesis and the Disproof of the Mertens Conjecture / 21.6: |
Dirichlet Series and the Mobius Function / 21.7: |
Generating Functions and Partitions / 22: |
Generating Functions / 22.1: |
Partitions of Integers / 22.2: |
Generating Functions of Partitions / 22.3: |
Restricted Partitions / 22.4: |
From Error Correcting Codes to Covering Sets / 23: |
Covering Sets in Coding Theory / 23.1: |
Discrete Covering Sets / 23.2: |
Cyclotomy and Polynomials / Part VIII: |
Cyclotomic Polynomials / 24: |
How to Divide a Circle into Equal Parts / 24.1: |
Gauss's Great Insight / 24.2: |
Factoring in Different Fields / 24.3: |
Cyclotomy in the Complex Plane / 24.4: |
How to Divide a Circle with Compass and Straightedge / 24.5: |
Rational Factors of z[superscript N]-1 / 24.5.1: |
An Alternative Rational Factorization / 24.6: |
Relation Between Rational Factors and Complex Roots / 24.7: |
How to Calculate with Cyclotomic Polynomials / 24.8: |
Linear Systems and Polynomials / 25: |
Impulse Responses / 25.1: |
Time-Discrete Systems and the z Transform / 25.2: |
Discrete Convolution / 25.3: |
Cyclotomic Polynomials and z Transform / 25.4: |
Polynomial Theory / 26: |
Some Basic Facts of Polynomial Life / 26.1: |
Polynomial Residues / 26.2: |
Chinese Remainders for Polynomials / 26.3: |
Euclid's Algorithm for Polynomials / 26.4: |
Galois Fields and More Applications / Part IX: |
Galois Fields / 27: |
Prime Order / 27.1: |
Prime Power Order / 27.2: |
Generation of GF(2[superscript 4]) / 27.3: |
How Many Primitive Elements? / 27.4: |
Recursive Relations / 27.5: |
How to Calculate in GF(p[superscript m]) / 27.6: |
Zech Logarithm, Doppler Radar and Optimum Ambiguity Functions / 27.7: |
A Unique Phase-Array Based on the Zech Logarithm / 27.8: |
Spread-Spectrum Communication and Zech Logarithms / 27.9: |
Spectral Properties of Galois Sequences / 28: |
Circular Correlation / 28.1: |
Application to Error-Correcting Codes and Speech Recognition / 28.2: |
Application to Precision Measurements / 28.3: |
Concert Hall Measurements / 28.4: |
The Fourth Effect of General Relativity / 28.5: |
Toward Better Concert Hall Acoustics / 28.6: |
Higher-Dimensional Diffusors / 28.7: |
Active Array Applications / 28.8: |
Random Number Generators / 29: |
Pseudorandom Galois Sequences / 29.1: |
Randomness from Congruences / 29.2: |
"Continuous" Distributions / 29.3: |
Four Ways to Generate a Gaussian Variable / 29.4: |
Pseudorandom Sequences in Cryptography / 29.5: |
Waveforms and Radiation Patterns / 30: |
Special Phases / 30.1: |
The Rudin-Shapiro Polynomials / 30.2: |
Gauss Sums and Peak Factors / 30.3: |
Galois Sequences and the Smallest Peak Factors / 30.4: |
Minimum Redundancy Antennas / 30.5: |
Golomb Rulers / 30.6: |
Number Theory, Randomness and "Art" / 31: |
Number Theory and Graphic Design / 31.1: |
The Primes of Gauss and Eisenstein / 31.2: |
Galois Fields and Impossible Necklaces / 31.3: |
"Baroque" Integers / 31.4: |
Self-Similarity, Fractals and Art / Part X: |
Self-Similarity, Fractals, Deterministic Chaos and a New State of Matter / 32: |
Fibonacci, Noble Numbers and a New State of Matter / 32.1: |
Cantor Sets, Fractals and a Musical Paradox / 32.2: |
The Twin Dragon: A Fractal from a Complex Number System / 32.3: |
Statistical Fractals / 32.4: |
Some Crazy Mappings / 32.5: |
The Logistic Parabola and Strange Attractors / 32.6: |
Conclusion / 32.7: |
Glossary of Symbols |
References |
Name Index |
Subject Index |