number theory

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Noun

number theory (uncountable)

1. (mathematics) The branch of pure mathematics concerned with the properties of integers.

   Factorization has driven many great discoveries in number theory.

Derived terms

• number-theoretical

Related terms

• arithmetic
• mathematics
• natural number
• number
• prime number
• theory
• whole number

Translations

branch of pure mathematics

• Armenian: թվերի տեսություն (tʻveri tesutʻyun)
• Catalan: teoria de nombres f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 數論 / 数论 (zh) (shùlùn)

• Czech: teorie čísel f
• Danish: talteori c
• Dutch: getaltheorie (nl)
• Finnish: lukuteoria (fi)
• French: théorie des nombres (fr) f
• German: Zahlentheorie (de) f
• Hindi: संख्या सिद्धांत (saṅkhyā siddhānt)
• Hungarian: számelmélet (hu)
• Icelandic: talnafræði f, talnalist f
• Japanese: 数論 (ja) (sūron)
• Latin: theōria numerōrum f
• Polish: teoria liczb f
• Portuguese: teoria dos números f
• Punjabi: ਅੰਕ ਸਿਧਾਂਤ m (aṅka sidhānt)
• Romanian: teoria numerelor f
• Russian: тео́рия чи́сел (ru) f (teórija čísel)
• Slovene: teorija števil f
• Spanish: teoría de números f
• Swedish: talteori (sv)
• Turkish: sayılar teorisi (tr)
• Welsh: damcaniaeth rhifau f

Further reading

• Mathworld article on number theory