The Mathematical Gazette is the original journal of the Mathematical Association and it is now over a century old. Its readership is a mixture of school teachers, college and university lecturers, ...

The Department of Mathematics congratulates Aisosa Efemwonkieke, Sohrab Ganjian, and Parsa Salimi for each receiving a 2021 Undergraduate Research Prize. This prize is given in recognition of ...

In the late 1960s, Robert Langlands, now at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., described how such reciprocity laws might work in a general context in number theory, in which ...

While still a teenager, Gauss became the first person to prove the Law of Quadratic Reciprocity, a math theory to determine whether quadratic equations can be solved. The 17-sided polygon Thanks ...

Then include simple continued fractions and the law of quadratic reciprocity. First Course in Theory of Numbers By Prof. Harry N. Wright. Pp. vii + 108.

THIS is the first volume of Prof. Hancock's work and is intended as an introduction to the second volume. Its size shows that he is engaged in no light task. His object is to help in making the ...

In this module we study intergers, primes and equations. Topics covered include linear and quadratic congruences, Fermat Little Theorem and Euler's Theorem, the RSA cryptosystem, Quadratic Reciprocity ...

Id: 008351 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3 Description Studies congruencies and the Chinese Remainder Theorem, Primitive roots, quadratic reciprocity, approximation properties of continued fractions, ...