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arch1t3chtyesterday at 3:13 PM2 repliesview 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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jjgreenyesterday 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.

wbltoday at 12:56 AM

Hensel's lemma is an analytic fact about the radius and speed of convergence of Newtons method in the p-adics.