Editing Number theory (section)

== Further reading ==
Two of the most popular introductions to the subject are:
* {{Cite book |first1=G. H. |last1=Hardy |author1-link=G. H. Hardy |first2=E. M. |last2=Wright |title=An introduction to the theory of numbers |year=2008 |orig-year=1938 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rey9wfSaJ9EC |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |edition=rev. by D. R. Heath-Brown and J. H. Silverman, 6th |isbn=978-0-19-921986-5 |ref=none}}
* {{cite book |last=Vinogradov |first=I. M. |author1-link=Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov |title=Elements of Number Theory |location=Mineola, NY |publisher=Dover Publications |year=2003 |orig-year=1954 |edition=reprint of the 1954}}

Hardy and Wright's book is a comprehensive classic, though its clarity sometimes suffers due to the authors' insistence on elementary methods ([[#CITEREFApostol1981|Apostol 1981]]).
Vinogradov's main attraction consists in its set of problems, which quickly lead to Vinogradov's own research interests; the text itself is very basic and close to minimal. Other popular first introductions are:
* {{Cite book |author1=Ivan M. Niven |author1-link=Ivan M. Niven |author2=Herbert S. Zuckerman |author3=Hugh L. Montgomery |author3-link=Hugh L. Montgomery |title=An introduction to the theory of numbers |year=2008 |orig-year=1960 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V52HIcKguJ4C |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]] |edition=reprint of the 5th 1991 |isbn=978-81-265-1811-1 |access-date=2016-02-28}}
* {{Cite book |first=Kenneth H. |last=Rosen |title=Elementary Number Theory |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JqycRAAACAAJ |publisher=[[Pearson Education]] |edition=6th |isbn=978-0-321-71775-7 |access-date=2016-02-28}}

Popular choices for a second textbook include:
* {{cite book |last1=Borevich |first1=A. I. |last2=Shafarevich |first2=Igor R. |author-link1=Borevich |author-link2=Igor Shafarevich |title=Number theory |volume=20 |year=1966 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=njgVUjjO-EAC |publisher=[[Academic Press]] |location=Boston, MA |series=Pure and Applied Mathematics |isbn=978-0-12-117850-5 |mr=0195803}}
* {{cite book |last=Serre |first=Jean-Pierre |year=1996 |orig-year=1973 |author-link=Jean-Pierre Serre |title=A course in arithmetic |series=[[Graduate Texts in Mathematics]] |volume=7 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-387-90040-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/courseinarithmet00serr |ref=none}}