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

See also

List of important publications in mathematics

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