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Number Theory

The study of the integers, especially the primes, and their properties: divisibility, factorization, the distribution of primes, and the solutions (or lack of solutions) to equations in whole numbers, Diophantine equations. Long prized, in G. H. Hardy's own famous phrase, for its purity and freedom from any application, number theory became foundational to modern cryptography (RSA encryption rests directly on the difficulty of factoring large primes) in the twentieth century. Its lineage is not only Greek and European: the technique now called the Chinese remainder theorem, for solving simultaneous congruences, first appears in the third to fifth century Chinese text Sunzi Suanjing, centuries before it entered the European tradition, and Indian mathematicians including Brahmagupta and Bhaskara II developed their own systematic methods for Diophantine equations independently of the Greek tradition.

Facts
Central Question
What are the properties of the whole numbers, above all the primes, and how are they distributed and related to one another? 2
Key Debate
Whether number theory's famous claimed purity, Hardy's 1940 boast in A Mathematician's Apology that it had no practical application and never would, survived the rise, within decades of his death, of cryptographic systems (RSA foremost) built directly on the hardness of prime factorization. 2
Classification
Pure or Applied
Pure Mathematics 1
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Co-formulated the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture on elliptic curves, one of number theory's Millennium Prize problems.

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Formulated the abc conjecture (with Joseph Oesterle) and works on transcendental number theory and Diophantine approximation.

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Works in number theory and arithmetic geometry; developed inter-universal Teichmuller theory in pursuit of the abc conjecture.

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Primary research area per his own faculty profile: Diophantine approximation and algebraic number theory, alongside cryptography.

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1. Pure mathematics (Wikipedia)
20th century, number theory and algebraic geometry
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Historically areas often considered attached to pure mathematics are number theory, where these infinities are typically countable and algebraic geometry where functions are typically tamed functions.
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2. MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
University of St Andrews, School of Mathematics and Statistics
  • https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Fermat's_last_theorem/
    I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain.
  • Associated With: Pierre de Fermat, https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Fermat/
    Fermat is best remembered for this work in number theory, in particular for Fermat's Last Theorem.
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Number Theory (Wikipedia)
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Number theory is the branch of mathematics that studies integers and their properties and relations.
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Prime Number Theorem (Wikipedia)
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It formalizes the intuitive idea that primes become less common as they become larger by precisely quantifying the rate at which this occurs.
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Chinese Remainder Theorem (Wikipedia)
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if one knows the remainders of the Euclidean division of an integer n by several integers, then one can determine uniquely the remainder of the division of n by the product of these integers
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Legendre's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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The conjecture is one of Landau's problems (1912) on prime numbers
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Beal Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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  • Includes: Beal Conjecture, Introductory sentence
    The Beal conjecture is the following conjecture in number theory
  • Includes: Beal's Conjecture, Lead sentence
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Bryan Birch (Wikipedia)
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Born (1931-09-25) 25 September 1931 (age 94) Burton-upon-Trent, England ... Awards Senior Whitehead Prize (1993) De Morgan Medal (2007) Sylvester Medal (2020)
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David Masser (Wikipedia)
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David William Masser is professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Basel. He is known for his work in transcendental number theory, Diophantine approximation, and Diophantine geometry. With Joseph Oesterle in 1985, Masser formulated the abc conjecture, which has been called the most important unsolved problem in Diophantine analysis.
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Shinichi Mochizuki (Wikipedia)
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Shinichi Mochizuki is a Japanese mathematician working in number theory and arithmetic geometry. He is one of the main contributors to anabelian geometry.
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Thomas Cusick, Faculty Page, University at Buffalo
University at Buffalo, Department of MathematicsIncludes: Thomas W. Cusick, Research Summary section
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Tom Cusick's research is in cryptography, especially Boolean function applications; number theory, particularly Diophantine approximation and algebraic number theory; and combinatorics.
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Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic (Wikipedia)
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every integer greater than 1 can be represented uniquely as a product of prime numbers
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Euclid's Theorem (Wikipedia)
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  • Includes: Infinitude of Primes, Opening section
    Euclid's theorem is a fundamental statement in number theory that asserts that there are infinitely many prime numbers.
  • Includes: Euclid's Theorem, Lead sentence
    Euclid's theorem is a fundamental statement in number theory that asserts that there are infinitely many prime numbers.
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Wikipedia: Twin Prime
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The question of whether there exist infinitely many twin primes has been one of the great open questions in number theory for many years.
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Goldbach's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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one of the oldest and best-known unsolved problems in number theory and all of mathematics
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Collatz Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Unsolved problems in number theory
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Riemann Hypothesis (Wikipedia)
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It is of great interest in number theory because it implies results about the distribution of prime numbers.
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Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture describes the set of rational solutions to equations defining an elliptic curve. It is an open problem in the field of number theory
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Erdos-Straus Conjecture (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Erdos-Straus Conjecture, Opening paragraph
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The Erdos-Straus conjecture is an unproven statement in number theory.
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Wikipedia: Fermat's Last Theorem
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In number theory, Fermat's Last Theorem (sometimes called Fermat's conjecture, especially in older texts) states that there are no positive integers a, b, c, n with n > 2 such that a^n + b^n = c^n.
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Fibonacci Sequence (Wikipedia)
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Golden Ratio (Wikipedia)
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Singmaster's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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ter's conjecture is a conjecture in combinatorial number theory, named after the British mathematician David Singmaster who propos
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Schinzel's Hypothesis H (Wikipedia)
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of the most famous open problems in the topic of number theory.
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Fortunate number (Wikipedia)
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Lehmer's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Lehmer's Mahler measure problem, is a problem in number theory raised by Derrick Henry Lehmer.
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Wikipedia: Perfect number
Includes: Perfect Number, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Perfect Number, Lead sentence
In number theory, a perfect number is a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its positive proper divisors, that is, diviso
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Wikipedia: Integer partition
Includes: Integer Partition, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Integer Partition, Lead sentence
In number theory and combinatorics, a partition of a non-negative integer n, also called an integer partition, is a way of writing
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Safe and Sophie Germain primes (Wikipedia)
Includes: Sophie Germain Prime, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Sophie Germain Prime, Lead sentence
In number theory, a prime number p is a Sophie Germain prime if 2p + 1 is also prime.
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Dirichlet's approximation theorem, Wikipedia
Includes: Dirichlet's Approximation Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Dirichlet's Approximation Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Dirichlet's theorem on Diophantine approximation, also called Dirichlet's approximation theorem, states that for
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Euclid's lemma, Wikipedia
Includes: Euclid's Lemma, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Euclid's Lemma, Lead sentence
In algebra and number theory, Euclid's lemma is a lemma that captures a fundamental property of prime numbers: For example, if p =
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Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for specific exponents - Wikipedia
Includes: Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for Specific Exponents, Lead sentence
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Fermat's Last Theorem is a theorem in number theory, originally stated by Pierre de Fermat in 1637 and proven by Andrew Wiles in 1
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Chen's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Chen's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Chen's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Chen's theorem states that every sufficiently large even number can be written as the sum of either two primes o
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Maier's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Maier's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Maier's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Maier's theorem is a theorem due to Helmut Maier about the numbers of primes in short intervals for which Cramér
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Mazur's control theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Mazur's Control Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Mazur's Control Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Mazur's control theorem, introduced by Mazur (1972), describes the behavior in Zp extensions of the Selmer group
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Divisor function (Wikipedia)
Includes: Robin's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Robin's Theorem, Lead sentence
In mathematics, and specifically in number theory, a divisor function is an arithmetic function related to the divisors of an inte
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Six exponentials theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Six Exponentials Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Six Exponentials Theorem, Lead sentence
In mathematics, specifically transcendental number theory, the six exponentials theorem is a result that, given the right conditio
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Squared triangular number (Wikipedia)
Includes: Nicomachus's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Nicomachus's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, the sum of the first n cubes is the square of the nth triangular number.
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Least Common Multiple (Wikipedia)
Includes: Least Common Multiple, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Least Common Multiple, Lead sentence
In arithmetic and number theory, the least common multiple (LCM), lowest common multiple, or smallest common multiple (SCM) of two
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Arithmetic Function (Wikipedia)
Includes: Arithmetic Function, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Arithmetic Function, Lead sentence
In number theory, an arithmetic, arithmetical, or number-theoretic function is generally any function whose domain is the set of p
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Primorial (Wikipedia)
Includes: Primorial, Lead sentenceView the Source
Congruent Number (Wikipedia)
Includes: Congruent Number, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Congruent Number, Lead sentence
In number theory, a congruent number is a positive integer that is the area of a right triangle with three rational number sides.
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Mertens Function (Wikipedia)
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Superfactorial (Wikipedia)
Includes: Superfactorial, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Superfactorial, Lead sentence
In mathematics, and more specifically number theory, the superfactorial of a positive integer n is the product of the first n fact
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Weird Number (Wikipedia)
Includes: Weird Number, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Weird Number, Lead sentence
In number theory, a weird number is a natural number that is abundant but not semiperfect.
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Fermat-Catalan Conjecture (Wikipedia)
Includes: Fermat-Catalan Conjecture, Lead sentenceView the Source
Lemoine's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Lemoine's Conjecture, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Lemoine's Conjecture, Lead sentence
In number theory, Lemoine's conjecture, also sometimes known as Levy's conjecture, states that all odd integers greater than 5 can
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Firoozbakht's conjecture (Wikipedia)
Includes: Firoozbakht's Conjecture, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Firoozbakht's Conjecture, Lead sentence
In number theory, Firoozbakht's conjecture (or the Firoozbakht conjecture) is a conjecture about the distribution of prime numbers
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Grimm's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Includes: Grimm's Conjecture, Lead sentence
In mathematics, specifically in number theory, Grimm's conjecture states that, for every set of consecutive composite numbers, the
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Torsion Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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In algebraic geometry and number theory, the torsion conjecture or uniform boundedness conjecture for torsion points for abelian v
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Goormaghtigh Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Agrawal's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Agrawal's Conjecture, Lead sentence
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In number theory, Agrawal's conjecture, due to Manindra Agrawal in 2002, forms the basis for the cyclotomic AKS test.
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Four Exponentials Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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ematics, specifically the field of transcendental number theory, the four exponentials conjecture is a conjecture which, given the
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Rudin's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Includes: Rudin's Conjecture, Lead sentence
njecture in additive combinatorics and elementary number theory about an upper bound for the number of squares in finite arithmeti
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Serre's Conjecture II (Wikipedia)
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In mathematics, specifically number theory, Serre's conjecture II is the statement that if G is a simply connected, semisimple alg
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Polignac's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Polignac's Conjecture, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Polignac's Conjecture, Lead sentence
In number theory, Polignac's conjecture was made by Alphonse de Polignac in 1849 and states: For any positive even number n, there
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Elliott-Halberstam Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Gilbreath's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Gilbreath's Conjecture, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Gilbreath's Conjecture, Lead sentence
Gilbreath's conjecture is a conjecture in number theory regarding the sequences generated by applying the forward difference opera
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Cramér's conjecture (Wikipedia)
Includes: Cramer's Conjecture, Lead sentenceView the Source
Agoh-Giuga Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Bateman-Horn conjecture (Wikipedia)
Includes: Bateman-Horn Conjecture, Lead sentenceView the Source
Second Hardy-Littlewood conjecture (Wikipedia)
Includes: Second Hardy-Littlewood Conjecture, Lead sentenceView the Source
N Conjecture (Wikipedia)
Includes: N Conjecture, Lead sentenceView the Source
Andre-Oort Conjecture (Wikipedia)
Includes: Andre-Oort Conjecture, Lead sentenceView the Source
Stark Conjectures (Wikipedia)
Includes: Stark Conjectures, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Stark Conjectures, Lead sentence
In number theory, the Stark conjectures, introduced by Stark (1971, 1975, 1976, 1980) and later expanded by Tate (1984), give conj
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Szpiro's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
Includes: Szpiro's Conjecture, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Szpiro's Conjecture, Lead sentence
In number theory, Szpiro's conjecture relates the conductor of an elliptic curve to its discriminant.
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Feit-Thompson Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Wikipedia: Carmichael number
Includes: Carmichael Number, Lead sentenceView the Source
Wikipedia: P-adic number
Includes: P-adic Number, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: P-adic Number, Lead sentence
In number theory, given a prime number p, the p-adic numbers form an extension of the rational numbers that is distinct from the r
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Liouville number, Wikipedia
  • Includes: Liouville Number, Lead sentence
    In number theory, a Liouville number is a real number x with the property that, for every positive integer n , there exists a pair
  • Includes: Liouville's Approximation Theorem, Lead sentence
    In number theory, a Liouville number is a real number x with the property that, for every positive integer n , there exists a pair
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Wikipedia: Euler's totient function
Includes: Euler's Totient Function, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Euler's Totient Function, Lead sentence
In number theory, Euler's totient function counts the positive integers up to a given integer n that are relatively prime to n .
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Wikipedia: Mobius function
Includes: Möbius Function, Lead sentenceView the Source
Lucas' Theorem (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Lucas' Theorem, Lead sentenceView the Source
Von Staudt-Clausen Theorem (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Von Staudt-Clausen Theorem, Lead sentenceView the Source
Baker's Theorem (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Baker's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Baker's Theorem, Lead sentence
In transcendental number theory, a mathematical discipline, Baker's theorem gives a lower bound for the absolute value of linear c
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Quadratic residue (Wikipedia)
Includes: Polya-Vinogradov Inequality, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Polya-Vinogradov Inequality, Lead sentence
In number theory, an integer q is a quadratic residue modulo n if it is congruent to a perfect square modulo n; that is, if there
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Erdos-Kac theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Erdos-Kac Theorem, Lead sentenceView the Source
Zsigmondy's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Zsigmondy's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Zsigmondy's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Zsigmondy's theorem, named after Karl Zsigmondy, states that if a > b > 0 are coprime integers, then for any int
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Chevalley-Warning theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Chevalley-Warning Theorem, Lead sentenceView the Source
Ramanujan-Nagell equation (Wikipedia)
  • Includes: Ramanujan-Nagell Theorem, Lead sentence
  • Includes: Ramanujan-Nagell Equation, Lead sentence
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Stark-Heegner theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Stark-Heegner Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Stark-Heegner Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, the Heegner theorem or Stark-Heegner theorem establishes the complete list of the quadratic imaginary number fie
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Euler's criterion (Wikipedia)
Includes: Euler's Criterion, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Euler's Criterion, Lead sentence
In number theory, Euler's criterion is a formula for determining whether an integer is a quadratic residue modulo a prime.
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Fermat polygonal number theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Fermat's Polygonal Number Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Fermat's Polygonal Number Theorem, Lead sentence
In additive number theory, the Fermat polygonal number theorem states that every positive integer is a sum of at most n n-gonal nu
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Tunnell's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Tunnell's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Tunnell's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Tunnell's theorem gives a partial resolution to the congruent number problem, and under the Birch and Swinnerton
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Hilbert's irreducibility theorem, Wikipedia
Includes: Hilbert's Irreducibility Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Hilbert's Irreducibility Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Hilbert's irreducibility theorem, conceived by David Hilbert in 1892, states that every finite set of irreducibl
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Furstenberg's proof of the infinitude of primes - Wikipedia
Includes: Furstenberg's Proof of the Infinitude of Primes, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Furstenberg's Proof of the Infinitude of Primes, Lead sentence
In mathematics, particularly in number theory, Hillel Furstenberg's proof of the infinitude of primes is a topological proof that
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Euclid-Euler theorem, Wikipedia
Includes: Euclid-Euler Theorem, Lead sentenceView the Source
Ankeny-Artin-Chowla congruence (Wikipedia)
Includes: Ankeny-Artin-Chowla Congruence, Lead sentenceView the Source
Carmichael's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Carmichael's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Carmichael's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Carmichael's theorem, named after the American mathematician R.
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Glaisher's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Glaisher's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Glaisher's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Glaisher's theorem is an identity useful to the study of integer partitions.
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Hasse norm theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Hasse Norm Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Hasse Norm Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, the Hasse norm theorem states that if L/K is a cyclic extension of number fields, then if a nonzero element of K
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Lochs's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Lochs' Theorem, Lead sentence
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In number theory, Lochs's theorem concerns the rate of convergence of the continued fraction expansion of a typical real number.
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Schnirelmann density (Wikipedia)
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In additive number theory, the Schnirelmann density of a sequence of numbers is a way to measure how "dense" the sequence is.
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Proth's theorem (Wikipedia)
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In number theory, Proth's theorem is a theorem which forms the basis of a primality test for Proth numbers known as Proth's test.
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Ribet's theorem (Wikipedia)
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Rosser's theorem (Wikipedia)
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Tijdeman's theorem (Wikipedia)
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In number theory, Tijdeman's theorem states that there are at most a finite number of consecutive powers.
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Turan-Kubilius inequality (Wikipedia)
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uality is a mathematical theorem in probabilistic number theory.
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Carmichael Function (Wikipedia)
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Ramanujan's Sum (Wikipedia)
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In number theory, Ramanujan's sum, usually denoted cq(n), is a function of two positive integer variables q and n defined by the f
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Kronecker Symbol (Wikipedia)
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Thoralf Skolem (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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Kurt Mahler (Wikipedia)
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transcendental number theory
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Édouard Lucas (Wikipedia)
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Lucas sequences and Lucas numbers
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Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (Wikipedia)
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In number theory
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Joseph Liouville (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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Leopold Kronecker (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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Hermann Minkowski (Wikipedia)
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the geometry of numbers
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Issai Schur (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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André Weil (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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George Pólya (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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Ivan M. Niven (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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Hermann Weyl (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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