I know it is a very general question, but i'm not sure how to get started and improve number theory related skills related to ACM ICPC and other programming competitions.Any good way or book recommendations ?
How to improve number theory related skills?
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0Finding problem sets to practice on, and doing a lot of practice would be a part of what you're supposed to do. – 2010-10-27
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0A good book in my opinion is 104 Number Theory Problems From The Training Of The USA IMO Team, by T. Andreescu, D. Andriga and Z. Feng http://www.amazon.com/104-Number-Theory-Problems-Training/dp/0817645276/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288192591&sr=8-1-fkmr0 – 2010-10-27
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0thanks guys for suggestions "104 problems in Number theory by T.Andreescu" seems good to brush up topics before ACM. – 2010-10-31