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The Geometry of Numbers
Overview
This is a self-contained introduction to the geometry of numbers, beginning with easily understood questions about lattice points on lines, circles and inside simple polygons in the plane. A minimum of mathematical expertise is required beyond an acquaintance with elementary geometry. The authors gradually lead up to the theorems of Minkowski and others who succeeded him. On the way the reader will see how this powerful approach gives improved approximations to irrational numbers by rationals, simplifies arguments on ways of representing integers as sums of squares, and provides a natural tool for attacking problems involving dense packings of spheres.
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- ISBN-13: 9780883856437
- ISBN-10: 0883856433
- Publisher: Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
- Publish Date: February 2001
- Page Count: 192
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