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Number theory is the branch of mathematics primarily concerned with the counting numbers, especially primes. It dates back to the ancient Greeks, but today it has great practical importance in cryptography, from credit card security to national defence. This book introduces the main areas of number theory, and some of its most interesting problems.

Table of Contents
List of illustrations List of tables 1: What is number theory? 2: Divisibility 3: Primes I 4: Congruences I 5: Diophantine equations 6: Congruences II 7: Primes II 8: The Riemann hypothesis Appendix Further reading Index

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: 28/05/2020
      ISBN13: 9780198798095, 978-0198798095
      ISBN10: 0198798091
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      Mathematics History of mathematics Number theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Number theory is the branch of mathematics primarily concerned with the counting numbers, especially primes. It dates back to the ancient Greeks, but today it has great practical importance in cryptography, from credit card security to national defence. This book introduces the main areas of number theory, and some of its most interesting problems.

      Table of Contents
      List of illustrations List of tables 1: What is number theory? 2: Divisibility 3: Primes I 4: Congruences I 5: Diophantine equations 6: Congruences II 7: Primes II 8: The Riemann hypothesis Appendix Further reading Index

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