< Pure mathematics

Number theory
Books in this subject area deal with number theory: the branch of mathematics that studies the properties of whole numbers, prime numbers and their distribution, whole number solutions to equations, and number systems related to the whole numbers (usually called number fields). Number theory has found important applications in the fields of the fields of computer science, physics and other branches of mathematics.
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