> so maybe that's why it exists as a separate thing? In the same way that number theory is its own thing, and algebra is its own thing, and you might take sepa

> so maybe that's why it exists as a separate thing? In the same way that number theory is its own thing, and algebra is its own thing, and you might take separate classes on each; algebraic number theory is its own thing and you probably wouldn't take a class on it before grad school.