How Long to Read Elementary Number Theory: Primes, Congruences, and Secrets

How Long Does it Take to Read Elementary Number Theory: Primes, Congruences, and Secrets?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 53 minutes to read Elementary Number Theory: Primes, Congruences, and Secrets by William Stein

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This is a book about prime numbers, congruences, secret messages, and elliptic curves that you can read cover to cover. It grew out of undergr- uate courses that the author taught at Harvard, UC San Diego, and the University of Washington. The systematic study of number theory was initiated around 300B. C. when Euclid proved that there are in?nitely many prime numbers, and also cleverly deduced the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, which asserts that every positive integer factors uniquely as a product of primes. Over a thousand years later (around 972A. D. ) Arab mathematicians formulated the congruent number problem that asks for a way to decide whether or not a given positive integer n is the area of a right triangle, all three of whose sides are rational numbers. Then another thousand years later (in 1976), Di?e and Hellman introduced the ?rst ever public-key cryptosystem, which enabled two people to communicate secretely over a public communications channel with no predetermined secret; this invention and the ones that followed it revolutionized the world of digital communication. In the 1980s and 1990s, elliptic curves revolutionized number theory, providing striking new insights into the congruent number problem, primality testing, publ- key cryptography, attacks on public-key systems, and playing a central role in Andrew Wiles’ resolution of Fermat’s Last Theorem.

How long is Elementary Number Theory: Primes, Congruences, and Secrets?

Elementary Number Theory: Primes, Congruences, and Secrets by William Stein is 168 pages long, and a total of 43,344 words.

This makes it 57% the length of the average book. It also has 53% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Elementary Number Theory: Primes, Congruences, and Secrets Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 56 minutes to read Elementary Number Theory: Primes, Congruences, and Secrets aloud.

What Reading Level is Elementary Number Theory: Primes, Congruences, and Secrets?

Elementary Number Theory: Primes, Congruences, and Secrets is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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