I the expanding universe of numbers for many people numbers must seem to be the essence of mathematics number theory which is the subject of this book is primarily concerned with the properties of one particular type of number the whole numbers orintegershoweverthere are many other types such as complex numbers andp adic numbers. Number theory an introduction to mathematics universitext amazonde wa a coppel fremdsprachige bucher. Number theory an introduction to mathematics universitext by w a coppel 2010 04 02 w a coppel isbn kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Number theory is more than a comprehensive treatment of the subject it is an introduction to topics in higher level mathematics and unique in its scope topics from analysis modern algebra and discrete mathematics are all included the book is divided into two parts part a covers key concepts of number theory and could serve as a first course on the subject part b delves into more advanced topics and an exploration of related mathematics part b contains for example . Number theory is more than a comprehensive treatment of the subject it is an introduction to topics in higher level mathematics and unique in its scope topics from analysis modern algebra and discrete mathematics are all included the book is divided into two parts part a covers key