The Book of Prime Number Records

by Paulo Ribenboim

This book aims to be the analogue for prime numbers of the Guinness Book of World Records. It collects a large number of results and techniques related to all aspects of the theory of prime numbers. The book begins with a chapter on the proofs that there are infinitely many primes, and proceeds through such topics as primality tests, factorization methods, the distribution of primes, special types of primes, and heuristic results. The Book of Prime Number Records should have great appeal to anyone with an interest in number theory.

479 pages, Hardcover

First published March 14, 1988

About the author

Paulo Ribenboim is a number theorist and a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Queen's University.

Reviews

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a very useful reference.