History of the Theory of Numbers

History of the Theory of Numbers
Cover of the first edition
AuthorL. E. Dickson
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCarnegie Institution of Washington
Publication date
1919
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
PagesVol I: 486, Vol II: 803, Vol III: 313
ISBN978-0-486-44232-7 (vol.1)
ISBN 978-0-486-44233-4(vol.2)
ISBN 978-0-486-44234-1(vol.3)
By Chelsa publishing

History of the Theory of Numbers is a three-volume work by Leonard Eugene Dickson summarizing work in number theory up to about 1920. The style is unusual in that Dickson mostly just lists results by various authors, with little further discussion. The central topic of quadratic reciprocity and higher reciprocity laws is barely mentioned; this was apparently going to be the topic of a fourth volume that was never written (Fenster 1999).