number theory

noun

, Mathematics.

1. the study of integers and their relation to one another.

number theory

noun

1. the study of integers, their properties, and the relationship between integers

Word History and Origins

Origin of number theory¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

The application of the number theory issues in a barren and futile arithmetical mysticism.

From Project Gutenberg

With the further development of the number-theory Pythagoreanism becomes entirely arbitrary and without principle.

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He founded number theory, the study of properties of whole numbers, in 1640.

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