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arch1t3chttoday at 3:13 PM1 replyview on HN

Analytic number theory exists and involves calculus, but it's not what the linked post is about. The article talks about Hensel's lemma, which is a purely algebraic statement with a purely algebraic proof, which, however, is inspired by techniques from calculus. This is typically still categorized as algebraic number theory.


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jjgreentoday at 3:43 PM

Get a load of number theorists in a room and there will always be a fight between the analytic and algebraic.