Number theory
Number theory is a part of mathematics. It explains what some types of numbers are, what properties they have, and ways that they can be useful.
Topics in number theory are:
Important theorems in number theory are:
Applications
A well-known application of number theory is encrypted messaging (encryption). Data compression also makes use of the field.
Further reading
- G.H. Hardy; E.M. Wright (2008) [1938]. An introduction to the theory of numbers. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-921986-5.
- Vinogradov, I.M. (2003) [1954]. Elements of Number Theory (reprint o 1954 ed.). Mineola, NY: Dover Publications.
- Ivan M. Niven; Herbert S. Zuckerman; Hugh L. Montgomery (2008) [1960]. An introduction to the theory of numbers (reprint of the 5th edition 1991 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-81-265-1811-1.
- Kenneth H. Rosen (2010). Elementary Number Theory (6th ed.). Pearson Education. ISBN 978-0-321-71775-7.
- Borevich, A. I.; Shafarevich, Igor R. (1966). Number theory. Pure and Applied Mathematics. 20. Boston, MA: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-117850-5. MR 0195803.
- Serre, Jean-Pierre (1996) [1973]. A course in arithmetic. Graduate texts in mathematics. 7. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-90040-7.
Number Theory Media
w:Plimpton 322, Babylonian tablet listing pythagorean triples
Title page of Diophantus's Arithmetica, translated into Latin by Bachet (1621)
Al-Haytham as seen by the West: on the frontispiece of Selenographia Alhasen [sic] represents knowledge through reason and Galileo knowledge through the senses.
- PierredeFermat
- LeonhardEuler
Number theorists Paul Erdős and Terence Tao in 1985, when Erdős was 72 and Tao was 10
Riemann zeta function ζ(s) in the complex plane. The color of a point s gives the value of ζ(s): dark colors denote values close to zero and hue gives the value's argument.
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Other websites
Media related to Number theory at Wikimedia Commons- Number Theory
- Number Theory Web