Introduction to number theory lecture 5. Primes.

Опубликовано: 27 Февраль 2026
на канале: Richard E Borcherds
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This lecture is part of my Berkeley math 115 course "Introduction to number theory"
For the other lectures in the course see    • Introduction to number theory (Berkeley Ma...  

We discuss some basic properties of primes and prove the fundamental theorem of arithmetic.


The textbook is "An introduction to the theory of numbers" by Niven, Zuckerman, and Montgomery (5th edition).