##  [Elementary Number Theory](/elementary-number-theory) 

  ##  [Elementary Number Theory](https://puremath.quantumdictionary.io/elementary-number-theory-0) 

  

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Definition

The branch of number theory concerned with the basic properties of the integers and elementary arithmetic relations, treated with methods that avoid heavy algebraic or analytic machinery and rely on congruences, divisibility, elementary combinatorics, and simple constructive algorithms.