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Prove that there exists an increasing infinite sequence of triangular numbers i. For example, here are some problems in number theory that remain unsolved. Vinogradov elements of number theory dover publications inc. We will especially want to study the relationships between different sorts of numbers. It covers the basic background material that an imo student should be familiar with. Prove that there exists an increasing infinite sequence of tetrahedral numbers i. For the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration. Number theory is the study of the set of positive whole numbers 1. We next show that all ideals of z have this property. According to cal the largest known prime as of march 2007 is the 44th known mersenne prime p 232582657 1. Introduction to number theory lecture notes adam boocher 20145, edited by andrew ranicki 20156 december 4, 2015 1 introduction 21.

These notes serve as course notes for an undergraduate course in number theory. Recall that a prime number is an integer greater than 1 whose only positive factors are 1 and the number itself. Note that these problems are simple to state just because a topic is accessibile does not mean that it is easy. Preface these are the notes of the course mth6128, number theory, which i taught at queen mary, university of london, in the spring semester of 2009. H4fun problem with total number of divisors and primes by glenn olson.

Number theory basics nanyang technological university. In number theory, the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, also called the unique factorization theorem or the uniqueprimefactorization theorem, states that every integer greater than 1 either is prime itself or is the product of prime numbers, and that this product is unique, up to the order of the factors. Number theory ii 5 now integers in the same set are all congruent modulo 3. Most if not all universities worldwide offer introductory courses in number theory for math majors and in many cases as an elective course. If ais not equal to the zero ideal f0g, then the generator gis the smallest positive integer belonging to a.