theory of numbers

noun

1. number theory.

Word History and Origins

Origin of theory of numbers¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

Georg Cantor was a lecturer at Halle University in Germany, where he developed a trailblazing theory of numbers in which infinity could have more than one size.

From Literature

For more information on congruent numbers, congrua, and the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, check out the show notes for our episode of My Favorite Theorem with Matilde Lalín or History of the Theory of Numbers Volume II by Leonard Eugene Dickson.

From Scientific American

Nearly four years after Shinichi Mochizuki unveiled an imposing set of papers that could revolutionize the theory of numbers, other mathematicians have yet to understand his work or agree on its validity — although they have made modest progress.

From Nature

Theory of numbers, or arithmetic.

From Project Gutenberg

No, the theory of functions, the theory of numbers, group theory, have a significance which no mathematician would consent to measure in terms of the present applicability or non-applicability of these theories in physical science?

From Project Gutenberg