Number Theory and Its Applications

This valuable reference addresses the methods leading to contemporary developments in number theory and coding theory, originally presented as lectures at a summer school held at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. With nearly 1500 references, equations, drawings, and tables, Number Theory and Its Applications especially benefits number theorists, coding theorists, algebraists, algebraic geometers, applied mathematicians, information theorists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these fields.

Cem Y. Yildirim is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. The author of several research articles, he is a member of the American Mathematical Society and the Turkish Mathematical Association. Dr. Yildirim received the B.Sc. degree (1982) from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, and the Ph.D. degree (1990) from the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Serguei A. Stepanov is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. The author or coauthor of numerous research articles, he is a member of the Moscow Mathematical Society and the American Mathematical Society and a recipient of the USSR State Prize. Dr. Stepanov received the M.S. degree (1965) from Moscow State University, USSR, and the Ph.D. (1970) and D.Sc. (1977) degrees from the Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow, USSR.