English Explanatory Dictionary

algebraic number theory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The branch of number theory in which number-theoretic questions are expressed in terms of properties of algebraic number fields or related objects, and studied using techniques from algebra.

Word forms

algebraic number theory AlgNT

Etymology

Blend of algebraic number + number theory. Possibly (alternatively or also) a calque of German algebraische Zahlentheorie.

Related words

analytic number theory arithmetic geometry diophantine geometry
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