An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers is a classic textbook in the field of number theory, by G. H. Hardy and E. M. Wright. It is on the list of 173 books essential for undergraduate math libraries. The book grew out of a series of lectures by Hardy and Wright and was first published in 1938. The third edition added an elementary proof of the prime number theorem, and the sixth edition added a chapter on elliptic curves.
Reviews E. T. Bell (July 1939). "Review: G. H. Hardy and E. M. Wright, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers", Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45(7): pp. 507–509 Anderson, Ian (2010). "Reviews - An introduction to the theory of numbers (sixth edition), by G. H. Hardy and E. M. Wright. Pp. 620. 2008. £30 (paperback). ISBN: 978-0-19-921986-5 (Oxford University Press)". The Mathematical Gazette. 94 (529): 184. doi:10.1017/S0025557200007464. ISSN 0025-5572. Robertson, Edmund; O'Connor, John (July 2020). "Reviews of G H Hardy and E M Wright's Theory of Numbers". MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
See also List of important publications in mathematics
References Bell, E. T. (1939), "Book Review: An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers", Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, 45 (7): 507–509, doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1939-07025-0, ISSN 0002-9904 Hardy, Godfrey Harold; Wright, E. M. (1938), An introduction to the theory of numbers. (First ed.), Oxford: Clarendon Press, JFM 64.0093.03, Zbl 0020.29201{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) Hardy, Godfrey Harold; Wright, E. M. (1954) [1938], An introduction to the theory of numbers (Third ed.), Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, MR 0067125 Hardy, Godfrey Harold; Wright, E. M. (1971) [1938], An introduction to the theory of numbers (Fourth ed.), The Clarendon Press Oxford University Press Hardy, Godfrey Harold; Wright, E. M. (1979) [1938], An introduction to the theory of numbers (Fifth ed.), The Clarendon Press Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-853171-5, MR 0568909 Hardy, Godfrey Harold; Wright, E. M. (2008) [1938], Heath-Brown, D. R.; Silverman, J. H. (eds.), An introduction to the theory of numbers (Sixth ed.), Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-921986-5, MR 2445243
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