number-theoretical
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number-theoretical (not generally comparable, comparative more number-theoretical, superlative most number-theoretical)
(mathematics) Of or relating to number theory.
The simple question of which numbers are divisible by others leads directly into many deep number-theoretical questions.
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Whatever finite collection of number-theoretical axioms is taken as a foundation, Gödel showed how to construct a formal statement that is a true number-theoretical fact, but which does not follow from those axioms.
While many difficult computational problems outside number theory are known, most working encryption protocols nowadays are based on the difficulty of a few number-theoretical problems.