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How long does it take to read An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers?

Ivan Niven, H. S. Zuckerman, Hugh L. Montgomery

An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers by Ivan Niven, H. S. Zuckerman, Hugh L. Montgomery takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 17 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1960. 288 pages, about 79,200 words.

11 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 8 hours 48 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 17 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 18 minutes

The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) The Fifth Edition of one of the standard works on number theory, written by internationally-recognized mathematicians. Chapters are relatively self-contained for greater flexibility. New features include expanded treatment of the binomial theorem, techniques of numerical calculation and a section on public key cryptography. Contains an outstanding set of problems.

Subjects: Number theory, Teoria liczb

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