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We use addition on a daily basis-yet how many of us stop to truly consider the enormous and remarkable ramifications of this mathematical activity? Summing It Up uses addition as a springboard to present a fascinating and accessible look at numbers and number theory, and how we apply beautiful numerical properties to answer math problems. Mathematicians Avner Ash and Robert Gross explore addition's most basic characteristics as well as the addition of squares and other powers before moving onward to infinite series, modular forms, and issues at the forefront of current mathematical research.Ash and Gross tailor their succinct and engaging investigations for math enthusiasts of all backgrounds. Employing college algebra, the first part of the book examines such questions as, can all positive numbers be written as a sum of four perfect squares? The second section of the book incorporates calculus and examines infinite series-long sums that can only be defined by the concept of limit, as in the example of 1+1/2+1/4+. . .=? With the help of some group theory and geometry, the third section ties together the first two parts of the book through a discussion of modular forms-the analytic functions on the upper half-plane of the complex numbers that have growth and transformation properties. Ash and Gross show how modular forms are indispensable in modern number theory, for example in the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.Appropriate for numbers novices as well as college math majors, Summing It Up delves into mathematics that will enlighten anyone fascinated by numbers.

Number theory. --- Mathematics --- Number study --- Numbers, Theory of --- Algebra --- Absolute value. --- Addition. --- Analytic continuation. --- Analytic function. --- Automorphic form. --- Axiom. --- Bernoulli number. --- Big O notation. --- Binomial coefficient. --- Binomial theorem. --- Book. --- Calculation. --- Chain rule. --- Coefficient. --- Complex analysis. --- Complex number. --- Complex plane. --- Computation. --- Congruence subgroup. --- Conjecture. --- Constant function. --- Constant term. --- Convergent series. --- Coprime integers. --- Counting. --- Cusp form. --- Determinant. --- Diagram (category theory). --- Dirichlet series. --- Division by zero. --- Divisor. --- Elementary proof. --- Elliptic curve. --- Equation. --- Euclidean geometry. --- Existential quantification. --- Exponential function. --- Factorization. --- Fourier series. --- Function composition. --- Fundamental domain. --- Gaussian integer. --- Generating function. --- Geometric series. --- Geometry. --- Group theory. --- Hecke operator. --- Hexagonal number. --- Hyperbolic geometry. --- Integer factorization. --- Integer. --- Line segment. --- Linear combination. --- Logarithm. --- Mathematical induction. --- Mathematician. --- Mathematics. --- Matrix group. --- Modular form. --- Modular group. --- Natural number. --- Non-Euclidean geometry. --- Parity (mathematics). --- Pentagonal number. --- Periodic function. --- Polynomial. --- Power series. --- Prime factor. --- Prime number theorem. --- Prime number. --- Pythagorean theorem. --- Quadratic residue. --- Quantity. --- Radius of convergence. --- Rational number. --- Real number. --- Remainder. --- Riemann surface. --- Root of unity. --- Scientific notation. --- Semicircle. --- Series (mathematics). --- Sign (mathematics). --- Square number. --- Square root. --- Subgroup. --- Subset. --- Sum of squares. --- Summation. --- Taylor series. --- Theorem. --- Theory. --- Transfinite number. --- Triangular number. --- Two-dimensional space. --- Unique factorization domain. --- Upper half-plane. --- Variable (mathematics). --- Vector space.