Abstract
THE theory of numbers has an appeal to general interest, not shared by other branches of mathematics, in that most of the great unsolved problems of the subject are formulated in terms intelligible to everybody. There must be many people of limited mathematical attainments who have felt attracted to the subject, but whose interest has died away for the want of just such a book as this to stimulate it.
An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers
By Prof. G. M. Hardy Prof. E. M. Wright. Pp. xvi + 404. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1938.) 25s. net.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
DAVENPORT, H. The Theory of Numbers. Nature 144, 347 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144347a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144347a0