An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers

An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers

First edition
Author	G. H. Hardy E. M. Wright
Language	English
Subject	Number theory
Genre	Textbook
Published	1938
Publisher	Clarendon Press
OCLC	879664

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.

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

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): 184–184. 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.