History of Arithmetic and Number Theory

On the Web

• Mathematics Archive's index to number theory on the web

• Pages on arithmetic and number theory at the Mathematical MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  • Prime numbers

  • Fermat's last theorem

• History of Fermat's Last Theorem by Andrew Granville (TeX)

Bibliography

• Cunnington, Susan. The story of arithmetic, a short history of its origin and development. Swan Sonnenschein, London, 1904.

• Dickson, Leonard Eugene. History of the theory of numbers. Three volumes. Reprints: Carnegie Institute of Washington, Washington, 1932. Chelsea, New York, 1952, 1966.

• Fine, Henry Burchard (1858-1928). The number system of algebra treated theoretically and historically. Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, Boston, 1891.

• Karpinski, Louis Charles (1878-1956). The history of arithmetic. Rand McNally, Chicago, 1925. Reprint: Russell & Russell, New York, 1965.

• Ore, Øystein. Number theory and its history. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1948.

• Weil, Andre. Number theory: an approach through history. Birkhauser, Boston, 1984. Reviewed: Math. Rev. 85c:01004.

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