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vadiraja
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Here is my situation,
In short I want a number theory book that doesn't assume knowledge of previous number theory but assumes all knowledge of mathematics. I have been knowing multivariable calculus since about 4 years(learned it from Thomas 4th edition(this book was not like the later watered down editions of his book)). From various books I picked up from my grandfather(quantum chemist working on ligand field theory) I learned differential equations well(Ordinary, Partial, Nonlinear especially from strogatz)
WARNING: WHAT FOLLOWS IS LONG. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ THE REST YOU CAN SKIP IT.(though if you are feeling helpful or heroic you can read on
I am going into 11th grade. I know my mathematics very well. I recently finished strogatz nonlinear dynamics, landau and liftgarbagez mechanics, landau and liftgarbagez quantum mechanics. So I basically know all my mathematics necessary for an applied sense. But i have always wanted to know number theory well. The problem is that most number theory books I know assume that you don't know calculus and therefore most books complicate simple results that can be easily proved from a sound knowledge of mathematics.
I don't really want hardy's book on number theory because it is not quite systematic(almost as a bunch of snatches of number theory put together).
I have considerable mathematical maturity. Please take this into account while helping me choose a suitable book.
In short I want a number theory book that doesn't assume knowledge of previous number theory but assumes all knowledge of mathematics. I have been knowing multivariable calculus since about 4 years(learned it from Thomas 4th edition(this book was not like the later watered down editions of his book)). From various books I picked up from my grandfather(quantum chemist working on ligand field theory) I learned differential equations well(Ordinary, Partial, Nonlinear especially from strogatz)
WARNING: WHAT FOLLOWS IS LONG. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ THE REST YOU CAN SKIP IT.(though if you are feeling helpful or heroic you can read on
I am going into 11th grade. I know my mathematics very well. I recently finished strogatz nonlinear dynamics, landau and liftgarbagez mechanics, landau and liftgarbagez quantum mechanics. So I basically know all my mathematics necessary for an applied sense. But i have always wanted to know number theory well. The problem is that most number theory books I know assume that you don't know calculus and therefore most books complicate simple results that can be easily proved from a sound knowledge of mathematics.
I don't really want hardy's book on number theory because it is not quite systematic(almost as a bunch of snatches of number theory put together).
I have considerable mathematical maturity. Please take this into account while helping me choose a suitable book.