Introduction to The Theory of Numbers

Description

This book helps to develop the concept of natural numbers, which presupposes familiarity only with the most elementary concepts of arithmetic (divisibility properties, greatest common divisor) is an expanded version of a series. Historically, number theory was known as the queen of mathematics, and was very much a branch of pure mathematics , studied for its own sake instead of as a means to understanding real word applications. This has changed in recent years however, as applications of number theory have been unearthed.