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number theory
noun
, Mathematics.
- the study of integers and their relation to one another.
number theory
noun
- 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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Example Sentences
The application of the number theory issues in a barren and futile arithmetical mysticism.
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With the further development of the number-theory Pythagoreanism becomes entirely arbitrary and without principle.
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He founded number theory, the study of properties of whole numbers, in 1640.
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