A Concise Introduction to the Theory of Numbers

by Alan Baker

Based upon the renowned author's Cambridge lectures, the text simplifies the complexities of the basic elements of number theory and stimulates the reader to pursue further study.

Genres: Number Theory, Mathematics

112 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Alan Baker was an English mathematician, known for his work on effective methods in Number theory, in particular those arising from transcendence theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970, at age 31. His academic career started as a student of Harold Davenport, at University College London and later at Cambridge. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in the fall of 1970. He is a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. His interests were in number theory, transcendence, logarithmic form, effective methods, Diophantine geometry and Diophantine analysis. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

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