Chapter 4 of 'Cryptography and Network Security' by William Stallings discusses basic concepts in number theory and finite fields, which are essential for cryptography applications. It covers divisibility, greatest common divisors (gcd), modular arithmetic, and the properties of finite fields, including their significance in cryptographic algorithms such as AES and elliptic curves. The chapter emphasizes the role of polynomials and modular reductions in constructing robust cryptographic systems.