Reviews for A number for your thoughts

The average rating for A number for your thoughts based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-08-14 00:00:00 Natalie Bartlett This is really more of a computational textbook for a college class, but there are some areas that you have to use "proofs." To understand Number Theory, you really do need to some basic Abstract Algebra background. There are times in here that you do get that "background" knowledge of the abstract part, but it's very vague because only the "uniqueness" part is provided. It's the "existence" you need to understand and prove (that's where your background knowledge comes in handy!). The author really does want to work your mind around proofs and computation and that's the fun part :) If you really want to pursue further into mathematics, in the Abstract Algebra branch, this is a book for you!

Review # 2 was written on 2012-10-09 00:00:00 Boris Webster It is a readable book. As the title shows, it is friendly. And all basic important theorems are well presented by examples and rigorous proofs. Recommend it for whoever first touches number theory.