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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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of number theory1

First recorded in 1910–15
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This generalization leads to another concept from number theory.

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They were en route to a conference titled “Numbers in the Universe: Recent Advances in Number Theory and Its Applications.”

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As is common in number theory, the conjecture deals with prime numbers that exactly divide a given number—what mathematicians call prime divisors.

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The conjecture would also settle some open questions in number theory and could become an important tool in the field—especially when combined with the concept of elliptic curves.

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Three years ago Christopher Havens, who has been serving a prison sentence of more than two decades for murder, published a discovery in number theory from his cell.

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