Definition:Number Theory/Also known as
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Definition
Older sources refer to number theory variously as:
- theory of numbers
- higher arithmetic or the higher arithmetic
- arithmetic.
Carl Friedrich Gauss himself used the term arithmetic, after the manner of the ancient Greeks.
Number theory can also be seen described by the fanciful name the Queen of Mathematics for various whimsical reasons.
Sources
- 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{IV}$: The Prince of Amateurs
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): arithmetic: 2. (the higher arithmetic)
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): higher arithmetic