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CONTENTS
I Contents
Number Theory iii
How to Use This Book V
Acknowledgements ix
1 Integers: The Basics 1
1.1 Introduction ........................................... I
1.2 Making Integers Out of Integers ............................ . . . . 3
1.3 Integer Multiples ......................................... 7
1.4 Divisibility of Integers ...................................... 11
1.5 Divisors .............................................. 14
1.6 Using Divisors .......................................... 18
1.7 Mathematical Symbols ..................................... 20
1.8 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2 Primes and Composites
25
2.1 Introduction ............................. . . .......... . . 25
2.2 Primes and Composites ........... . ......... . ....... . . . . . . . . 25
2.3 Identifying PrimesI .................... . ................ . . 28
2.4 Identifying PrimesII ........................... . ....... . . . . 31
2.5 Summary .......................... . ................. . 36
3 Multiples and Divisors 39
3.1 Introduction ................ . ................ . . . ..... . . 39
3.2 Common Divisors ...................... . . ............ . . . . 3‘)