Part of the springer undergraduate mathematics series book series our intention in writing this book is to give an elementary introduction to number theory which does not demand a great deal of mathematical back ground or maturity from the reader and which can be read and understood with no extra assistance our first three chapters are based almost entirely on a level mathematics . Elementary number theory a welcome addition a carefully and well written book the mathematical gazette this book would make an excellent text for an undergraduate course on number theory mathematical reviews show all table of contents 11 chapters table of contents 11 chapters divisibility pages 1 17 jones gareth a ma dphil et al preview buy chapter 2595 . Buy elementary number theory springer undergraduate mathematics series 1st corrected ed 1998 corr 2nd printing 1998 by jones gareth a isbn 9783540761976 from amazons book store everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Elementary number theory springer undergraduate mathematics series and the first few chapters assume only basic school algebra elementary ideas about groups and rings are then used to study groups of units quadratic residues and arithmetic functions with applications to enumeration and cryptography the final part suitable for third year students uses ideas from algebra analysis . An undergraduate level introduction to number theory with the emphasis on fully explained proofs and examples exercises together with their solutions are integrated into the text and the first few chapters assume only basic school algebra elementary ideas about groups and rings are then used to study groups of units quadratic residues and arithmetic functions with applications to