Re: books for self study, number theory, set theory, analysis...

From: Bob Silverman (anonymous_at_mathforum.org)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:44:02 +0000 (UTC)

On 15 Aug 2004, T N wrote:
>

<snip>

>For number theory, it is difficult to make any sense of it without
>understanding how it evolved. So make sure you get a book that treats
>number theory in its historical context.
>For example,
>O. Ore: "Number theory and its history"
>or
>A. Weil: "Number theory: an approach through history"
>or
>H.M. Edwards: "Fermat's Last Theorem (A genetic introduction to
>algebraic number theory)"

A superb (IMO) book that treats things from a historical persepective
and is the often overlooked:

D. Shanks "Solved & Unsolved Problems in Number Theory".

BTW, Dan used to call me "Agman". Think about it.....

>

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