number theorist names:W

1. Stephan Wagner
2. Samuel Wagstaff Jr.
   • The Joy of Factoring, Samuel S. Wagstaff, Jr., Student Mathematical Library 68, January 2014, AMS
   • Sums of Squares of Integers, Carlos J. Moreno, Samuel S. Wagstaff, Jr., Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications 37, CRC Press 2005
   • Cryptanalysis of Number Theoretic Ciphers, Samuel S. Wagstaff Jr., Mikhail J. Atallah, Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2002
   • The New Book of Prime Number Records, 3rd Edition, P. Ribenboim, Springer 1996, Review of first edition, S. S. Wagstaff Jr., Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 21 (1989), 365-369
   • Factorizations of bⁿ±1, b= 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 up to high powers (third edition) John Brillhart, D. H. Lehmer, J. L. Selfridge, Bryant Tuckerman, and S. S. Wagstaff, Jr. Contemporary Mathematics 22, AMS, 1988 (free download)
   • Lucas pseudoprimes (Robert Baillie and Samuel Wagstaff Jr.)
   • Strengthening the Baillie-PSW Primality Test, Robert Baillie, Andrew Fiori, and Samuel S. Wagstaff, Jr.
3. Isao Wakabayashi
4. Satoshi Wakatsuki
5. Preston Wake
6. Matthias Waldherr
7. Michel Waldschmidt
   • Continued fractions: an introduction, Michel Waldschmidt
   • Autour de l'équation de Markoff, Slides by Michel Waldschmidt, September 2009
   • Cours de théorie des nombres, notes by Michel Waldschmidt
   • Michel Waldschmidt's lecture notes on L'équation dite de Pell-Fermat and Équations Diophantiennes
   • An introduction to irrationality and transcendence methods, course and project outline, draft lecture notes for lectures 1, 2, 3, 5, Arizona Winter School 2008, Michel Waldschmidt
   • Introduction to Diophantine methods: irrationality and transcendence, course notes by Michel Waldschmidt
   • Questions d'irrationalité (et de transcendance): hier et aujourd'hui, (Michel Waldschmidt)
   • Multiple Zeta Values and Euler-Zagier Numbers, etc. (Michel Waldschmidt)
   • Linear Independence Measures for Logarithms of Algebraic Numbers, Cetraro lectures of Michel Waldschmidt, July 2000)
   • Diophantine Approximation on Linear Algebraic Groups, M. Waldschmidt, Grundlehren Series 326, Springer 2000
   • Number Theory, Proceedings of the January 1996 Ramanujan Society Conference in Tiruchirapalli, India, Edited by: V. Kumar Murty, Michel Waldschmidt, Contemporary Mathematics 210
   • From Number Theory to Physics, (ed. M. Waldschmidt, et al), Springer 1992
   • Cinquante Ans de Polynômes, (ed. M. Waldschmidt, M. Langevin), Springer 1990
   • Nombres transcendants, M. Waldschmidt, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 402, Springer 1974
8. Jean-Loup Waldspurger
   • Stabilisation de la formule des traces tordue, Volume 2, Colette Moeglin, Jean-Loup Waldspurger, Springer 2016
   • Spectral Decomposition and Eisenstein Series, C. Moeglin, J.-L. Waldspurger, CUP 1995
9. Nahid Walji
10. Aled Walker
11. Alexander Walker
12. Rolfe Wallisser
13. Gary Walsh
14. Miguel Nicolas Walsh
15. Colin Walter
16. Paul van Wamelen
17. Daqing Wan
18. Huaxiong Wang
19. Tzu-Yueh Julie Wang
20. Victor Y. Wang
21. Xiaoheng Wang
22. Xiyuan Wang
23. Xueli Wang
    • Modular Forms with Integral and Half-Integral Weights, Xueli Wang, Dingyi Pei, Springer 2013
24. Yitong Wang
25. Yuan Wang
    • Yuan Wang (Wikipedia)
    • Selected papers of Wang Yuan, (Ed.) Wang Yuan, World Scientific 2005
    • The Goldbach Conjecture, Ed. Yuan Wang, World Scientific 2002
    • Hua Loo-Keng, a Biography, Wang Yuan, Springer 1998 (no longer listed by Springer)
    • Applications of Number Theory to Numerical Analysis, L.-K. Hua, W. Yuan, Springer 1981
    • Number Theory and its Applications in China, Wang Yuan, Yang Chung-chun, and Pan Chengbiao, editors, AMS, 1988.
    • Diophantine Equations and Inequalities in Algebraic Number Fields, Wang Yuan, Springer 1991
    • Number-theoretic Methods in Statistics, Wang Yuan, K-T Fang, Chapman and Hall 1994
26. Carl Wang-Erickson
27. Benjamin Ward
28. Kenneth Ward
29. Thomas Ward
    • Dynamics: Topology and Numbers, Ed. Pieter Moree, Anke Pohl, L'ubomír Snoha, Tom Ward, Contempory Mathematics 744, AMS, 2020
    • A Journey Through The Realm of Numbers, Menny Aka, Manfred Einsiedler, Thomas Ward, Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series, 2020, MAA review
    • Ergodic Theory: with a view towards Number Theory, Manfred Einsiedler and Thomas Ward, Springer 2011
    • An Introduction to Number Theory, G. Everest, T. Ward, Graduate Text 232, Springer 2005
    • Recurrence sequences, G. Everest, A.J. van der Poorten, I. Shparlinski, T. Ward, AMS Surveys and Monographs, volume 104, 2003
    • Heights of Polynomials and Entropy in Algebraic Dynamics, G. Everest, T. Ward, Springer 1999
30. Ole Warnaar
31. Lawrence Washington
    • Elementary Number Theory, James S. Kraft, Larry Washington, CRC Press 2018, second edition
    • Elliptic Curves: Number Theory and Cryptography, Lawrence C. Washington, Chapman Hall/CRC 2003
    • Introduction to Cyclotomic Fields, 2nd ed., Lawrence C. Washington, Graduate Text, Springer 1997
32. Tadashi Washio
33. Takao Watanabe
34. Mark Watkins
    • Explicit Methods in Number Theory Rational Points and Diophantine Equations, Karim Belabas, Hendrik W. Lenstra Jr., Pierrick Gaudry, Michael Stoll, Mark Watkins, William McCallum & Bjorn Poonen, Frits Beukers, Samir Siksek, Panoramas et synthèses 36 (2012)
    • Average ranks of elliptic curves: tension between data and conjecture, Baur Bektemirov, Barry Mazur, William Stein, Mark Watkins, Bull. American Math. Soc. posted February 15, 2007
35. Matthew Watkins
    • A directory of all known L-functions (Matthew Watkins)
    • Critical Strip Explorer 0.6 (Matthew Watkins and Raymond Manzoni) A Java applet which allows users to 'manually' explore the behaviour of the Riemann zeta function in and around the critical strip
    • Directory of zeta functions (Matthew Watkins)
    • Surprising connections between prime numbers and physics (Matthew Watkins)
36. Chester Weatherby
37. John Webb
38. William A. Webb
39. Jonathan Webster
    • Common Inessential Discriminant Divisors: Scenes from the Early History of Algebraic Number Theory, Fernando Q. Gouvêa, Jonathan Webster, AMS, 2025
40. Benne de Weger
    • A new extreme abc-example (Benne de Weger)
    • Algorithms for Diophantine Equations, B. de Weger, CWI Tract 65, 1989, Review, J. L. Brenner, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 25 (1991), 145-146
41. Bin Wei
42. Fu-Tsun Wei
43. Jamie Weigandt
44. Peter Jay Weinberger
45. Andreas Weingartner
46. Jared Weinstein
    • Berkeley Lectures on p-adic Geometry, Peter Scholze, Jared Weinstein, Annals of Mathematics Studies Volume 207, 2020
    • Perfectoid Spaces: Lectures from the 2017 Arizona Winter School, Editors and authors, Bryden Cais, Bhargav Bhatt, Ana Caraiani, Kiran S. Kedlaya, Peter Scholze, Jared Weinstein, AMS Mathematical Surveys and Monographs 242, 2019
    • Reciprocity laws and Galois representations: recent breakthroughs, Jared Weinstein, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 1-39
47. Colin Weir
48. Alfred Weiss
    • The Lifted Root Number Conjecture and Iwasawa Theory, J. Ritter, A. Weiss, Memoirs of the AMS 157, AMS, 2002
    • Multiplicative Galois Module Structure, Afred Weiss, Fields Institute Monographs 6 1996,
    • Review, Cornelius Greither, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 34 (1997), 173-176
49. Rainer Weissauer
    • Endoscopy for GSp(4) and the Cohomology of Siegel Modular Threefolds, Rainer Weissauer, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1968, Springer 2009
    • Weil Conjectures, Perverse Sheaves and l'adic Fourier Transform, R. Kiehl, R. Weissauer, Ergebnisse der Mathematik 42, Springer 2001
50. Martin H. Weissman
    • An Illustrated Theory of Numbers: Updated Edition, Martin H. Weissman, AMS, 2025
    • The Fourier Jacobi Map and Small Representations, PhD thesis, Martin Weissman, Harvard 2003
    • Icosahedral Galois Representations and modular forms, Undergraduate Senior Thesis, Martin Weissman, Princeton 1999
51. Michael Welter
    • Untersuchungen einer neuen Klasse von ganzwertigen ganzen Funktionen, Dissertation, Michael Welter, Universität zu Köln, 2002
52. Lin Weng
    • Zeta Functions of Reductive Groups and Their Zeros, Lin Weng, World Scientific, 2018
    • The Conference on L-functions, Fukuoka, February 18-23 2006, Ed. Lin Weng, Masanobu Kaneko, World Scientific 2007
    • Arithmetic geometry and number theory, Ed. Lin Weng, Iku Nakamura, Series on Number Theory and its application 1
53. Mckenzie West
54. Tom Weston
    • On Selmer groups of geometric Galois representations , PhD thesis, Tom Weston, Harvard University 2000
55. Stefan Wewers
56. Paul-James White
57. Ian Whitehead
58. Martin Widmer
    • Asymptotically counting points of bounded height, PhD thesis, Martin Widmer, Universität Basel (2007)
59. Kazimierz Wiertelak
60. Gabor Wiese
    • Computations with Modular Forms, Ed. Gebhard Böckle, Gabor Wiese, Contributions in Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Vol. 6, Springer 2014
    • Modular Forms of Weight One Over Finite Fields, PhD thesis, Gabor Wiese, Leiden University, 2005
61. Igor Wigman
62. Norman Wildberger
63. Andrew Wiles
    • Fermat's Last Theorem, a BBC Horizon programme by Simon Singh, Review of BBC's Horizon program, "Fermat's Last Theorem" (Andrew Granville) Notices of the AMS, January 1997
    • Ad honorem Sir Andrew J. Wiles, AMS Notices, March 2017
    • Andrew Wiles is awarded the 2016 Abel Prize
64. Cassie Williams
65. Chris Williams
66. Hugh Williams
    • The Lucas Sequences, Theory and Applications, Christian J.-C. Ballot, Hugh C. Williams, Springer 2023
    • Cubic fields with geometry, Sam A. Hambleton and Hugh C. Williams, Springer 2018
    • The Life and Numbers of Richard Guy, a video by Hugh Williams at CNTA 2016
    • Solving the Pell Equation, Michael Jacobson Jr., Hugh Williams, CMS Books in Mathematics, Springer 2009
      • Review by Hendrik Lenstra and Peter Stevenhagen
    • Public-Key Cryptography and Computational Number Theory, Ed. K. Alster, J. Urbanowicz, H.C. Williams, de Gruyter 2001
    • Édouard Lucas and Primality Testing, Hugh C. Williams, Canadian Mathematical Society Series of Monographs and Advanced Texts 22, Wiley 1998
    • Daniel Shanks (1917-1996), (H.C. Williams) Notices of the AMS, August 1997
67. Kenneth Williams
    • Advances in the Theory of Numbers, Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference of the Canadian Number Theory Association, Eds. Ayşe Alaca, Şaban Alaca, Kenneth Williams, Springer 2015
    • Number Theory in the Spirit of Liouville, Kenneth S. Williams, London Mathematical Society Student Texts (No. 76) 2010
    • Lambert series and Liouville's identities, A. Alaca, Ş. Alaca, E. McAfee, K. S. Williams, Dissertationes Mathematicae, 445 (2007)
    • The Collected Papers of Sarvadaman Chowla, (Vols 1-3), Ed. James Huard, Kenneth Williams, Centre de Recherches Mathématiques , Université de Montréal, 2000
    • Introductory Algebraic Number Theory, Şaban Alaca, Kenneth Williams, CUP 2004
      • Errata (pdf file)
      • Selected solutions
    • Congruences for L-Functions, J. Urbanowicz, K.S. Williams, Mathematics and its Applications, 511, Kluwer 2000
    • Gauss and Jacobi Sums, B.C. Berndt, R.J. Evans, K.S. Williams, Wiley, Canadian Mathematical Society Series of Monographs and Advanced Texts 21, 1998
    • Proceedings of the Fifth Conference of the Canadian Number Theory Association, Ed. R. Gupta, K.S. Williams, AMS, 1999
68. Cameron Wilson
69. Kay Wingberg
    • Cohomology of Number Fields, J. Neukirch, A. Schmidt, K. Wingberg, Grundlehren Series 323, Springer 2000
70. Jean-Pierre Wintenberger
    • Arithmetic and Geometry, Ed. Luis Dieulefait, D.R. Heath-Brown, Yu. V. Manin, B. Z. Moroz, Jean-Pierre Wintenberger, CUP 2015
71. Arne Winterhof
    • Applied Number Theory, Harald Niederreiter, Arne Winterhof, Springer 2015
    • Algebraic Curves and Finite Fields: Cryptography and Other Applications, Ed. Harald Niederreiter, Alina Ostafe, Daniel Panario, Arne Winterhof, Radon Series on Computational and Applied Mathematics 16, De Gruyter 2014
72. Günther Wirsching
    • The Dynamical System Generated by the 3n+1 Function, G.J. Wirsching, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1681, Springer 1998
73. Daniel Wisniewski
74. Amin Witno
    • Theory of Numbers, Amin Witno, BookSurge Publishing 2008
75. Olivier Wittenberg
76. Christiaan van de Woestijne
77. Julia Wolf
78. Marek Wolf (contains some conjectures on the gaps between consecutive primes)
79. Jürgen Wolfart
80. John Wolfskill
81. Dieter Wolke
82. Tom Womack
    • Explicit descent on elliptic curves, PhD thesis, Tom Womack, Nottingham 2003
83. Peng-Jie Wong
84. Siman Wong
    • Deformation of Galois Representations and Modular Forms, Lecture notes of Barry Mazur by Chuck Doran and Siman Wong, International Press, Harvard 1995
85. Melanie Matchett Wood
86. Chris Woodcock
87. Kjell Wooding
    • The Sieve Problem in One-and Two-Dimensions, PhD thesis, Kjell Wooding, University of Calgary, 2010
88. Trevor Wooley
    • On Sums of Sixteen Biquadrates, J. Deshouillers, K. Kawada, T.D. Wooley, Mémoire de la Société Mathématique de France, 100, 2005
    • Waring's Problem: A Survey, R.C. Vaughan and T.D. Wooley
89. Tom Wright
90. Chenyan Wu
91. Han Wu
92. Jie Wu
93. Gisbert Wüstholz
    • Transcendence and Linear Relations of 1-Periods, Annette Huber, Gisbert Wüstholz, CUP 2022
    • Arithmetic and Geometry: Ten Years in Alpbach, Ed. Gisbert Wüstholz, Clemens Fuchs, Annals of Mathematics Studies 202, Princeton University Press, 2019
    • Logarithmic Forms and Diophantine Geometry, Alan Baker, Gisbert Wüstholz, New Mathematical Monographs (No. 9), CUP 2008
    • A Panorama of Number Theory or the View from Baker's Garden, Ed. G. Wüstholz, CUP 2002
    • Rational Points, G. Faltings, G. Wüstholz, Aspects of Mathematics 6, 1998, Vieweg
94. Christian Wuthrich
    • The fine Selmer group and height pairings, PhD thesis, Christian Wuthrich, Cambridge, 2004
    • SHARK : computing Tate-Shafarevich groups via Iwasawa theory (Christian Wuthrich)

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