not really, it was more like a misuse of word when lack of a better name.
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送交者: steven 于 2008-04-29, 12:19:31:
回答: exactly! 由 xinku 于 2008-04-29, 10:01:17:
The elementary number theory deals with the arithmetic properties of integers, but not the arithmetic operations themselves. Hence, in the early day, without a better name, some people called it arithmetics. That is not commonly used today.
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