Number Theory

(what is it?)

♦Higher arithmetic

Types:
odds, evens. squares, integers, rational numbers, natural numbers,
whole numbers, etc.
Number Theory
(topics)
• Even numbers: numbers that are evenly divide by 2.
2, 4, 6, 8, 10,...
• odd numbers- numbers that are not evenly divided by 2.
1, 3, 5, 7, 9,...
• square numbers- number multiplied by itself.
4, 9, 16, 25, 36,...
• cube numbers- a number multiplied by itself 3 times.
8, 27, 64, 125,...
• prime numbers- a number divisible by 1 and itself.
2, 3, 5, 7,...
Number Theory
(what is it?)

♦Higher arithmetic

Types:
odds, evens. squares, integers, rational numbers, natural numbers,
whole numbers, etc.

?
primes
2, 3, 5, 7,... How many primes?

formal proof proof by contradiction

Number Theory

• Fundamental theorems of arithmetic

: all numbers can be factored into a unique set of primes.

12

6 2

3 2

prime factors: 3, 2, 2
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THEORY