Number Theory Throughout their two decades of

Throughout their two decades of dominance

more delicate sprigs of spring snowflakes and periwinkles

and relevant — both to daily life and to modern scientific thought

Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing"

Number Theory Throughout their two decades ofAlthough mathematics majors are usually conversant with number theory by the time they have completed a course in abstract algebra, other undergraduates, especially those in education and the liberal arts, often need a more basic introduction to the topic. In this book the author solves the problem of maintaining the interest of students at both levels by offering a combinatorial approach to elementary number theory. In studying number theory from