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A natural number is one of the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3,.... Number Theory, as it is traditionally understood, is that branch of mathematics which studies the natural numbers. It includes ordinary arithmetic. For example, figuring out why long division works is a problem in Number Theory. As we shall see, Number Theory goes much further than this.
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Anglin, W.S. (1995). Propaedeutics. In: The Queen of Mathematics. Kluwer Texts in the Mathematical Sciences, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0285-8_1
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