MAT 204 Discrete Structures – Assignment #10
Number theory is the branch of mathematics concerned with the
integers. Traditionally, number theory was a pure branch of
mathematics – known for its abstract nature rather than its
applications. The great English mathematician, G.H. Hardy (1877 –
1947), used number theory as an example of a beautiful, but
impractical, branch of mathematics. However, in the late 1900s,
number theory became extremely useful in cryptosystems – systems
used for secure communications.
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