The Unreasonable effectiveness of number theory/ Stefan A. Burr, editor. - Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, c1992. - x, 125 p.: ill.; 27 cm. - Proceedings of symposia in applied mathematics, AMS short course lecture notes v. 46. 0160-7634; . - Proceedings of symposia in applied mathematics; v. 46. Proceedings of symposia in applied mathematics; .

"Lecture notes prepared for the American Mathematical Society short course The unreasonable effectiveness of number theory, held in Orono, Maine, August 6-7, 1991"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The unreasonable effectiveness of number theory in physics, communication and music / Manfred R. Schroeder -- The reasonable and unreasonable effectiveness of number theory in statistical mechanics / George E. Andrews -- Number theory and dynamical systems / J.C. Lagarias -- The mathematics of random number generators / George Marsaglia -- Cyclotomy and cyclic codes / Vera Pless -- Number theory in computer graphics / M. Douglas McIlroy .

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