Computational number theory

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In mathematics and computer science, computational number theory, also known as algorithmic number theory, is the study of algorithms for performing number theoretic computations.

Eric Bach and Jeffrey Shallit, Algorithmic Number Theory, volume 1: Efficient Algorithms. MIT Press, 1996, ISBN 0-262-02405-5
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Henri Cohen, A Course in Computational Algebraic Number Theory, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 138, Springer-Verlag, 1993.
Richard Crandall and Carl Pomerance, Prime Numbers: A Computational Perspective, Springer-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 0-387-94777-9
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v t e Number-theoretic algorithms
Primality tests	AKS test APR test Baillie–PSW ECPP test Elliptic curve Pocklington Fermat Lucas Lucas–Lehmer Lucas–Lehmer–Riesel Proth's theorem Pépin's Quadratic Frobenius test Solovay–Strassen Miller–Rabin
Prime-generating	Sieve of Atkin Sieve of Eratosthenes Sieve of Sundaram Wheel factorization
Integer factorization	Continued fraction (CFRAC) Dixon's Lenstra elliptic curve (ECM) Euler's Pollard's rho p − 1 p + 1 Quadratic sieve (QS) General number field sieve (GNFS) Special number field sieve (SNFS) Rational sieve Fermat's Shanks' square forms Trial division Shor's
Multiplication	Ancient Egyptian Long Karatsuba Toom–Cook Schönhage–Strassen Fürer's
Discrete logarithm	Baby-step giant-step Pollard rho Pollard kangaroo Pohlig–Hellman Index calculus Function field sieve
Greatest common divisor	Binary Euclidean Extended Euclidean Lehmer's
Modular square root	Cipolla Pocklington's Tonelli–Shanks
Other algorithms	Chakravala Cornacchia LLL Integer square root Modular exponentiation Schoof's
Italics indicate that algorithm is for numbers of special forms

v t e Major topics in number theory
Algebraic number theory Analytic number theory Geometric number theory Computational number theory Transcendental number theory Combinatorial number theory Arithmetic geometry Arithmetic topology Arithmetic dynamics
Numbers Natural numbers Prime numbers Rational numbers Irrational numbers Algebraic numbers Transcendental numbers p-adic numbers Arithmetic Modular arithmetic Arithmetic functions
Quadratic forms Modular forms L-functions Diophantine equations Diophantine approximation Continued fractions
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