Goodgulf:
Which boosters my point of arithmetic being a part of mathematics.
Eeeee, you're totally right! And I was wrong, technically (
very technically).
OK, let me amend that to say that no mathematician I've ever met refers to number theory as arithmetic nowadays, and especially not in North America. Also let me clarify that I know
nothing about number theory (I'm in stats), I just know lots of mathematicians, who do.
Oh, and you meant 'bolsters', not 'boosters'. HaHA! Who's a pedant now??