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Number Theory

The study of the integers, especially the primes, and their properties: divisibility, factorization, the distribution of primes, and the solutions (or lack of solutions) to equations in whole numbers, Diophantine equations. Long prized, in G. H. Hardy's own famous phrase, for its purity and freedom from any application, number theory became foundational to modern cryptography (RSA encryption rests directly on the difficulty of factoring large primes) in the twentieth century. Its lineage is not only Greek and European: the technique now called the Chinese remainder theorem, for solving simultaneous congruences, first appears in the third to fifth century Chinese text Sunzi Suanjing, centuries before it entered the European tradition, and Indian mathematicians including Brahmagupta and Bhaskara II developed their own systematic methods for Diophantine equations independently of the Greek tradition.

Facts
Central Question
What are the properties of the whole numbers, above all the primes, and how are they distributed and related to one another? 2
Key Debate
Whether number theory's famous claimed purity, Hardy's 1940 boast in A Mathematician's Apology that it had no practical application and never would, survived the rise, within decades of his death, of cryptographic systems (RSA foremost) built directly on the hardness of prime factorization. 2
Classification
Pure or Applied
Pure Mathematics 1
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20th century, number theory and algebraic geometry
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Historically areas often considered attached to pure mathematics are number theory, where these infinities are typically countable and algebraic geometry where functions are typically tamed functions.
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University of St Andrews, School of Mathematics and Statistics
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    I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain.
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    Fermat is best remembered for this work in number theory, in particular for Fermat's Last Theorem.
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Number Theory (Wikipedia)
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Number theory is the branch of mathematics that studies integers and their properties and relations.
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Prime Number Theorem (Wikipedia)
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It formalizes the intuitive idea that primes become less common as they become larger by precisely quantifying the rate at which this occurs.
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Chinese Remainder Theorem (Wikipedia)
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if one knows the remainders of the Euclidean division of an integer n by several integers, then one can determine uniquely the remainder of the division of n by the product of these integers
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Legendre's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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The conjecture is one of Landau's problems (1912) on prime numbers
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Beal Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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  • Includes: Beal Conjecture, Introductory sentence
    The Beal conjecture is the following conjecture in number theory
  • Includes: Beal's Conjecture, Lead sentence
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Bryan Birch (Wikipedia)
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Senior Whitehead Prize (1993) De Morgan Medal (2007) Sylvester Medal (2020)
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David Masser (Wikipedia)
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David William Masser is professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Basel. He is known for his work in transcendental number theory, Diophantine approximation, and Diophantine geometry. With Joseph Oesterle in 1985, Masser formulated the abc conjecture, which has been called the most important unsolved problem in Diophantine analysis.
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Shinichi Mochizuki (Wikipedia)
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Shinichi Mochizuki (望月 新一, Mochizuki Shin'ichi; born March 29, 1969) is a Japanese mathematician working in number theory and arithmetic geometry.
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Thomas Cusick, Faculty Page, University at Buffalo
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Tom Cusick's research is in cryptography, especially Boolean function applications; number theory, particularly Diophantine approximation and algebraic number theory; and combinatorics.
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Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic (Wikipedia)
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In mathematics, the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, also called the unique factorization theorem and prime factorization theorem, states that every integer greater than 1 is either prime or can be represented uniquely as a product of prime numbers, up to the order of the factors.
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Euclid's Theorem (Wikipedia)
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  • Includes: Infinitude of Primes, Opening section
    Euclid's theorem is a fundamental statement in number theory that asserts that there are infinitely many prime numbers.
  • Includes: Euclid's Theorem, Lead sentence
    Euclid's theorem is a fundamental statement in number theory that asserts that there are infinitely many prime numbers.
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Wikipedia: Twin Prime
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  • Includes: Twin Prime Conjecture, Opening paragraph
    The question of whether there exist infinitely many twin primes has been one of the great open questions in number theory for many years.
  • Includes: Twin Prime, Lead section
    A twin prime is a prime number that is either 2 less or 2 more than another
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Goldbach's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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one of the oldest and best-known unsolved problems in number theory and all of mathematics
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Collatz Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Unsolved problems in number theory
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Riemann Hypothesis (Wikipedia)
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It is of great interest in number theory because it implies results about the distribution of prime numbers.
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Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Includes: Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture, Lead section
In mathematics, the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture (often called the Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture) describes the set of rational solutions to equations defining an elliptic curve.
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Erdos-Straus Conjecture (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Erdos-Straus Conjecture, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Erdos-Straus Conjecture, Lead section
The Erdős-Straus conjecture is an unproven statement in number theory.
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Wikipedia: Fermat's Last Theorem
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The Beal conjecture states that there are no solutions to the generalized Fermat equation in positive integers a, b, c, m, n, k with a, b, and c being pairwise coprime and all of m, n, k being greater than 2. The Fermat-Catalan conjecture generalizes Fermat's last theorem with the ideas of the Catalan conjecture.
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Fibonacci Sequence (Wikipedia)
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Golden Ratio (Wikipedia)
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Sato-Tate conjecture (Wikipedia)
  • Includes: Sato-Tate Conjecture, Lead
    the Sato-Tate conjecture is a statistical statement about the family of elliptic curves Ep obtained from an elliptic curve E over the rational numbers by reduction modulo almost all prime numbers p
  • Includes: Sato-Tate Theorem, Lead
    In mathematics, the Sato-Tate conjecture is a statistical statement about the family of elliptic curves Ep obtained from an elliptic curve E over the rational numbers by reduction modulo almost all prime numbers p.
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Siegel's theorem on integral points (Wikipedia)
Includes: Siegel's Theorem on Integral Points, Lead
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Siegel's theorem on integral points states that a curve of genus greater than zero has only finitely many integral points over any given number field
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Legendre's three-square theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Legendre's Three-Square Theorem, Lead
Quote, Includes: Legendre's Three-Square Theorem, Lead
Legendre's three-square theorem states that a natural number can be represented as the sum of three squares of integers
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Lafforgue's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Lafforgue's Theorem, Lead
Quote, Includes: Lafforgue's Theorem, Lead
Lafforgue's theorem, due to Laurent Lafforgue, completes the Langlands program for general linear groups over algebraic function fields
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Proof that pi is irrational (Wikipedia)
Includes: Proof that Pi is Irrational, Lead
Quote, Includes: Proof that Pi is Irrational, Lead
Johann Heinrich Lambert was the first to prove that the number π is irrational
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P-adic Exponential Function (Wikipedia)
Includes: P-adic Exponential Function, Lead
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particularly p-adic analysis, the p-adic exponential function is a p-adic analogue of the usual exponential function on the complex numbers
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University of California, San Diego, Department of Mathematics: Harold Stark (UC San Diego Department of Mathematics profile)
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Research Areas Number Theory
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MacTutor History of Mathematics: Yuri Linnik
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Yuri Linnik was a Ukrainian-born mathematician who worked on number theory, probability theory and mathematical statistics
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MacTutor History of Mathematics: Thabit ibn Qurra
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Thabit ibn Qurra was an important Islamic mathematician who worked on number theory
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Jacobi's four-square theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Jacobi's Four-Square Theorem, Article text
Quote, Includes: Jacobi's Four-Square Theorem, Article text
In number theory, Jacobi's four-square theorem gives a formula for the number of ways that a given positive integer n can be represented as the sum of four squares (of integers).
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Singmaster's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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ter's conjecture is a conjecture in combinatorial number theory, named after the British mathematician David Singmaster who propos
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Schinzel's Hypothesis H (Wikipedia)
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of the most famous open problems in the topic of number theory.
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Fortunate number (Wikipedia)
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Lehmer's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Lehmer's Mahler measure problem, is a problem in number theory raised by Derrick Henry Lehmer.
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Wikipedia: Perfect number
Includes: Perfect Number, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Perfect Number, Lead sentence
In number theory, a perfect number is a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its positive proper divisors, that is, diviso
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Wikipedia: Integer partition
Includes: Integer Partition, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Integer Partition, Lead sentence
In number theory and combinatorics, a partition of a non-negative integer n, also called an integer partition, is a way of writing
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Safe and Sophie Germain primes (Wikipedia)
Includes: Sophie Germain Prime, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Sophie Germain Prime, Lead sentence
In number theory, a prime number p is a Sophie Germain prime if 2p + 1 is also prime.
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Dirichlet's approximation theorem, Wikipedia
Includes: Dirichlet's Approximation Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Dirichlet's Approximation Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Dirichlet's theorem on Diophantine approximation, also called Dirichlet's approximation theorem, states that for
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Euclid's lemma, Wikipedia
Includes: Euclid's Lemma, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Euclid's Lemma, Lead sentence
In algebra and number theory, Euclid's lemma is a lemma that captures a fundamental property of prime numbers: For example, if p =
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Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for specific exponents - Wikipedia
Includes: Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for Specific Exponents, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for Specific Exponents, Lead sentence
Fermat's Last Theorem is a theorem in number theory, originally stated by Pierre de Fermat in 1637 and proven by Andrew Wiles in 1
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Chen's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Chen's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Chen's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Chen's theorem states that every sufficiently large even number can be written as the sum of either two primes o
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Maier's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Maier's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Maier's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Maier's theorem is a theorem due to Helmut Maier about the numbers of primes in short intervals for which Cramér
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Mazur's control theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Mazur's Control Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Mazur's Control Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Mazur's control theorem, introduced by Mazur (1972), describes the behavior in Zp extensions of the Selmer group
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Divisor function (Wikipedia)
Includes: Robin's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Robin's Theorem, Lead sentence
In mathematics, and specifically in number theory, a divisor function is an arithmetic function related to the divisors of an inte
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Six exponentials theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Six Exponentials Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Six Exponentials Theorem, Lead sentence
In mathematics, specifically transcendental number theory, the six exponentials theorem is a result that, given the right conditio
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Squared triangular number (Wikipedia)
Includes: Nicomachus's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Nicomachus's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, the sum of the first n cubes is the square of the nth triangular number.
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Least Common Multiple (Wikipedia)
Includes: Least Common Multiple, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Least Common Multiple, Lead sentence
In arithmetic and number theory, the least common multiple (LCM), lowest common multiple, or smallest common multiple (SCM) of two
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Arithmetic Function (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Includes: Arithmetic Function, Lead sentence
In number theory, an arithmetic, arithmetical, or number-theoretic function is generally any function whose domain is the set of p
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Primorial (Wikipedia)
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Congruent Number (Wikipedia)
Includes: Congruent Number, Lead sentence
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In number theory, a congruent number is a positive integer that is the area of a right triangle with three rational number sides.
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Mertens Function (Wikipedia)
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Superfactorial (Wikipedia)
Includes: Superfactorial, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Superfactorial, Lead sentence
In mathematics, and more specifically number theory, the superfactorial of a positive integer n is the product of the first n fact
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Weird Number (Wikipedia)
Includes: Weird Number, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Weird Number, Lead sentence
In number theory, a weird number is a natural number that is abundant but not semiperfect.
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Fermat-Catalan Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Lemoine's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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In number theory, Lemoine's conjecture, also sometimes known as Levy's conjecture, states that all odd integers greater than 5 can
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Firoozbakht's conjecture (Wikipedia)
Includes: Firoozbakht's Conjecture, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Firoozbakht's Conjecture, Lead sentence
In number theory, Firoozbakht's conjecture (or the Firoozbakht conjecture) is a conjecture about the distribution of prime numbers
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Grimm's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Includes: Grimm's Conjecture, Lead sentence
In mathematics, specifically in number theory, Grimm's conjecture states that, for every set of consecutive composite numbers, the
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Torsion Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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In algebraic geometry and number theory, the torsion conjecture or uniform boundedness conjecture for torsion points for abelian v
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Goormaghtigh Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Agrawal's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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In number theory, Agrawal's conjecture, due to Manindra Agrawal in 2002, forms the basis for the cyclotomic AKS test.
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Four Exponentials Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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ematics, specifically the field of transcendental number theory, the four exponentials conjecture is a conjecture which, given the
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Rudin's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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njecture in additive combinatorics and elementary number theory about an upper bound for the number of squares in finite arithmeti
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Serre's Conjecture II (Wikipedia)
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In mathematics, specifically number theory, Serre's conjecture II is the statement that if G is a simply connected, semisimple alg
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Polignac's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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In number theory, Polignac's conjecture was made by Alphonse de Polignac in 1849 and states: For any positive even number n, there
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Elliott-Halberstam Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Gilbreath's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Gilbreath's conjecture is a conjecture in number theory regarding the sequences generated by applying the forward difference opera
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Cramér's conjecture (Wikipedia)
Includes: Cramer's Conjecture, Lead sentenceView the Source
Agoh-Giuga Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Bateman-Horn conjecture (Wikipedia)
Includes: Bateman-Horn Conjecture, Lead sentenceView the Source
Second Hardy-Littlewood conjecture (Wikipedia)
Includes: Second Hardy-Littlewood Conjecture, Lead sentenceView the Source
N Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Andre-Oort Conjecture (Wikipedia)
Includes: Andre-Oort Conjecture, Lead sentenceView the Source
Stark Conjectures (Wikipedia)
Includes: Stark Conjectures, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Stark Conjectures, Lead sentence
In number theory, the Stark conjectures, introduced by Stark (1971, 1975, 1976, 1980) and later expanded by Tate (1984), give conj
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Szpiro's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
Includes: Szpiro's Conjecture, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Szpiro's Conjecture, Lead sentence
In number theory, Szpiro's conjecture relates the conductor of an elliptic curve to its discriminant.
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Feit-Thompson Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Wikipedia: Carmichael number
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Wikipedia: P-adic number
Includes: P-adic Number, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: P-adic Number, Lead sentence
In number theory, given a prime number p, the p-adic numbers form an extension of the rational numbers that is distinct from the r
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Liouville number, Wikipedia
  • Includes: Liouville Number, Lead sentence
    In number theory, a Liouville number is a real number x with the property that, for every positive integer n , there exists a pair
  • Includes: Liouville's Approximation Theorem, Lead sentence
    In number theory, a Liouville number is a real number x with the property that, for every positive integer n , there exists a pair
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Wikipedia: Euler's totient function
Includes: Euler's Totient Function, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Euler's Totient Function, Lead sentence
In number theory, Euler's totient function counts the positive integers up to a given integer n that are relatively prime to n .
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Wikipedia: Mobius function
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Lucas' Theorem (Wikipedia)
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Von Staudt-Clausen Theorem (Wikipedia)
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Baker's Theorem (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Baker's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Baker's Theorem, Lead sentence
In transcendental number theory, a mathematical discipline, Baker's theorem gives a lower bound for the absolute value of linear c
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Quadratic residue (Wikipedia)
Includes: Polya-Vinogradov Inequality, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Polya-Vinogradov Inequality, Lead sentence
In number theory, an integer q is a quadratic residue modulo n if it is congruent to a perfect square modulo n; that is, if there
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Erdos-Kac theorem (Wikipedia)
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Zsigmondy's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Zsigmondy's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Zsigmondy's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Zsigmondy's theorem, named after Karl Zsigmondy, states that if a > b > 0 are coprime integers, then for any int
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Chevalley-Warning theorem (Wikipedia)
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Ramanujan-Nagell equation (Wikipedia)
  • Includes: Ramanujan-Nagell Theorem, Lead sentence
  • Includes: Ramanujan-Nagell Equation, Lead sentence
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Stark-Heegner theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Stark-Heegner Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Stark-Heegner Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, the Heegner theorem or Stark-Heegner theorem establishes the complete list of the quadratic imaginary number fie
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Euler's criterion (Wikipedia)
Includes: Euler's Criterion, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Euler's Criterion, Lead sentence
In number theory, Euler's criterion is a formula for determining whether an integer is a quadratic residue modulo a prime.
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Fermat polygonal number theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Fermat's Polygonal Number Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Fermat's Polygonal Number Theorem, Lead sentence
In additive number theory, the Fermat polygonal number theorem states that every positive integer is a sum of at most n n-gonal nu
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Tunnell's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Tunnell's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Tunnell's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Tunnell's theorem gives a partial resolution to the congruent number problem, and under the Birch and Swinnerton
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Hilbert's irreducibility theorem, Wikipedia
Includes: Hilbert's Irreducibility Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Hilbert's Irreducibility Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Hilbert's irreducibility theorem, conceived by David Hilbert in 1892, states that every finite set of irreducibl
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Furstenberg's proof of the infinitude of primes - Wikipedia
Includes: Furstenberg's Proof of the Infinitude of Primes, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Furstenberg's Proof of the Infinitude of Primes, Lead sentence
In mathematics, particularly in number theory, Hillel Furstenberg's proof of the infinitude of primes is a topological proof that
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Euclid-Euler theorem, Wikipedia
Includes: Euclid-Euler Theorem, Lead sentenceView the Source
Ankeny-Artin-Chowla congruence (Wikipedia)
Includes: Ankeny-Artin-Chowla Congruence, Lead sentenceView the Source
Carmichael's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Carmichael's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Carmichael's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Carmichael's theorem, named after the American mathematician R.
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Glaisher's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Glaisher's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Glaisher's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Glaisher's theorem is an identity useful to the study of integer partitions.
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Hasse norm theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Hasse Norm Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Hasse Norm Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, the Hasse norm theorem states that if L/K is a cyclic extension of number fields, then if a nonzero element of K
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Lochs's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Lochs' Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Lochs' Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Lochs's theorem concerns the rate of convergence of the continued fraction expansion of a typical real number.
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Schnirelmann density (Wikipedia)
Includes: Mann's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Mann's Theorem, Lead sentence
In additive number theory, the Schnirelmann density of a sequence of numbers is a way to measure how "dense" the sequence is.
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Proth's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Proth's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Proth's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Proth's theorem is a theorem which forms the basis of a primality test for Proth numbers known as Proth's test.
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Ribet's theorem (Wikipedia)
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Rosser's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Rosser's Theorem, Lead sentenceView the Source
Tijdeman's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Tijdeman's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Tijdeman's Theorem, Lead sentence
In number theory, Tijdeman's theorem states that there are at most a finite number of consecutive powers.
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Turan-Kubilius inequality (Wikipedia)
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uality is a mathematical theorem in probabilistic number theory.
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Carmichael Function (Wikipedia)
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Ramanujan's Sum (Wikipedia)
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In number theory, Ramanujan's sum, usually denoted cq(n), is a function of two positive integer variables q and n defined by the f
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Kronecker Symbol (Wikipedia)
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Thoralf Skolem (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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Kurt Mahler (Wikipedia)
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transcendental number theory
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Édouard Lucas (Wikipedia)
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Lucas sequences and Lucas numbers
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Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (Wikipedia)
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In number theory
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Joseph Liouville (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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Leopold Kronecker (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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Hermann Minkowski (Wikipedia)
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the geometry of numbers
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Issai Schur (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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André Weil (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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George Pólya (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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Ivan M. Niven (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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Hermann Weyl (Wikipedia)
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number theory
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Wikipedia: Harvey Dubner
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noted for his contributions to finding large prime numbers
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Wikipedia: Alan Baker
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known for his work on effective methods in number theory
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Wikipedia: Bernard Dwork
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known for his application of p-adic analysis to local zeta functions
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Wikipedia: Kurt Hensel
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best known for introducing the p-adic numbers
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Wikipedia: Sarvadaman Chowla
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specializing in number theory
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Wikipedia: Yasutaka Ihara
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His work in number theory includes Ihara's lemma and the Ihara zeta function.
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Wikipedia: Thomas Clausen
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he discovered the Von Staudt-Clausen theorem
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Wikipedia: Claude Chevalley
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who made important contributions to number theory
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Wikipedia: Barry Mazur
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contributions to Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in number theory
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Wikipedia: Philipp Furtwängler
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Friederich Pius Philipp Furtwängler (April 21, 1869, May 19, 1940) was a German number theorist.
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Wikipedia: Joseph Bertrand
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Joseph Louis François Bertrand (French pronunciation: [ʒozɛf lwi fʁɑ̃swa bɛʁtʁɑ̃]; 11 March 1822-5 April 1900) was a French mathematician and historian of science whose work emphasized number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics.
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Wikipedia: Henry John Stephen Smith
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Henry John Stephen Smith (2 November 1826-9 February 1883) was an Irish mathematician and amateur astronomer remembered for his work in elementary divisors, quadratic forms, and Smith-Minkowski-Siegel mass formula in number theory.
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Wikipedia: Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
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Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (; German: [jaˈkoːbi]; 10 December 1804-18 February 1851) was a German mathematician who made fundamental contributions to elliptic functions, dynamics, differential equations, determinants and number theory.
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Wikipedia: Alexander Gelfond
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Gelfond's theorem, also known as the Gelfond-Schneider theorem, is named after him.
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Wikipedia: Theodor Schneider
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Theodor Schneider (7 May 1911-31 October 1988) was a German mathematician, best known for providing proof of what is now known as the Gelfond-Schneider theorem, who was born in Frankfurt am Main and died in Freiburg im Breisgau.
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Wikipedia: Franz Mertens
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The Mertens function M(x) is the sum function for the Möbius function, in the theory of arithmetic functions.
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Wikipedia: Viggo Brun
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Viggo Brun (13 October 1885-15 August 1978) was a Norwegian professor, mathematician and number theorist.
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Wikipedia: Kurt Heegner
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He is famous for his mathematical discoveries in number theory and, in particular, the Stark-Heegner theorem.
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Wikipedia: Robert Tijdeman
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Specializing in number theory, he is best known for his Tijdeman's theorem.
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Wikipedia: Ben Green (mathematician)
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Ben Joseph Green FRS (born 27 February 1977) is a British mathematician specialising in combinatorics and number theory.
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Wikipedia: Preda Mihăilescu
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This number-theoretical conjecture, formulated by the French and Belgian mathematician Eugène Charles Catalan in 1844, had stood unresolved for 158 years.
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Wikipedia: Laurent Lafforgue
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He has made outstanding contributions to Langlands' program in the fields of number theory and analysis, and in particular proved the Langlands conjectures for the automorphism group of a function field.
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Wikipedia: Charles Hermite
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Charles Hermite (French: [ʃaʁl ɛʁmit]; 24 December 1822-14 January 1901) was a French mathematician who studied analysis, number theory, and algebra.
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Wikipedia: Ernst Kummer
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Kummer also proved Fermat's Last Theorem for a considerable class of prime exponents (see regular prime, ideal class group).
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Wikipedia: Vera T. Sós
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Vera Turán Sós (11 September 1930-22 March 2023) was a Hungarian mathematician who specialized in number theory and combinatorics.
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Wikipedia: Stanisław Świerczkowski
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The theorem belongs to the field of Diophantine approximation since the smallest of the three distances observed may be used to give a rational approximation to the chosen irrational number.
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Wikipedia: Laurent Clozel
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His mathematical work is in the area of automorphic forms, including the Langlands program. == Career and distinctions == Clozel was a student at the École normale supérieure and later obtained a Ph.D. under Michel Duflo and Paul Gérardin.
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Wikipedia: Michael Harris (mathematician)
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Michael Howard Harris (born 1954) is an American mathematician known for his work in number theory.
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Wikipedia: Richard Taylor (mathematician)
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Richard Lawrence Taylor (born 19 May 1962) is a British-American mathematician specialising in number theory.
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Wikipedia: Alexandru Froda
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Alexandru Froda (July 16, 1894, October 7, 1973) was a Romanian mathematician with contributions in the field of mathematical analysis, algebra, number theory and rational mechanics.
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Wikipedia: Simon B. Kochen
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Simon Bernhard Kochen (; born 14 August 1934) is a Canadian mathematician, working in the fields of model theory, number theory and quantum mechanics. == Education and career == Kochen was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and escaped the Nazis with his family, thanks to a courageous Norwegian ship captain.
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Joseph-Louis Lagrange (Wikipedia)
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He made significant contributions to the fields of analysis, number theory, and both classical and celestial mechanics.
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Wikipedia: Louis Mordell
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Louis Joel Mordell (28 January 1888-12 March 1972) was an American-born British mathematician, known for his research in number theory.
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Terence Tao (Wikipedia)
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He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2006 for his contributions to partial differential equations, combinatorics, harmonic analysis, and additive number theory.
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Artin's Conjecture on Primitive Roots (Wikipedia)
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In number theory, Artin's conjecture on primitive roots states that a given integer a that is neither a square number nor −1 is a primitive root modulo infinitely many primes p.
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Bunyakovsky Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Bunyakovsky's conjecture is a special case of Schinzel's hypothesis H, one of the most famous open problems in number theory.
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Hydra game (Wikipedia)
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In mathematics, specifically in graph theory and number theory, a hydra game is a single-player iterative mathematical game played on a mathematical tree called a "hydra" where the player's goal is to "kill" the hydra by removing its nodes ("heads") one-by-one while the hydra simultaneously expands itself (this resembles a battle between Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra, hence the name).
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Proofs of quadratic reciprocity (Wikipedia)
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In number theory, the law of quadratic reciprocity, like the Pythagorean theorem, has lent itself to an unusually large number of proofs.
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Apery's theorem (Wikipedia)
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In mathematics, Apéry's theorem is a result in number theory which states that Apéry's constant ζ(3) is irrational.
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Chowla-Mordell theorem (Wikipedia)
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It is a result in number theory determining cases where a Gauss sum is the square root of a prime number, multiplied by a root of unity.
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Weil conjectures, Wikipedia
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Quote, Includes: Weil Conjectures, Lead paragraph
They led to a successful multi-decade program to prove them, in which many leading researchers developed the framework of modern algebraic geometry and number theory.
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Wikipedia: Continued fraction
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In number theory, the unqualified term continued fraction usually refers to simple continued fractions, whereas the general case is referred to as generalized continued fractions.
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Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem - Wikipedia
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The proof uses many techniques from algebraic geometry and number theory and has many ramifications in these branches of mathematics.
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Lambek-Moser theorem (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Includes: Lambek-Moser Theorem, Lead paragraph
The Lambek-Moser theorem belongs to combinatorial number theory.
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Georgy Voronoy (1868-1908), Biography, MacTutor History of Mathematics
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Later Voronoy worked on the theory of numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Elliptic Curve
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Number Theory Elliptic Curves
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Wolfram MathWorld: Brocard's Conjecture
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Number Theory Prime Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Pentagonal Number Theorem
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Greatest Common Divisor
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Number Theory Number Theoretic Functions
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Wolfram MathWorld: Composite Number
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Number Theory Prime Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Square Pyramidal Number
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Triangular Number
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Legendre's Formula
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Number Theory Prime Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Digital Root
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Centered Pentagonal Number
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Square Number
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Irrationality Measure
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Number Theory Irrational Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Googol
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Number Theory Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Taxicab Number
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Square Triangular Number
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Centered Polygonal Number
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Polygonal Number
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Star Number
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Centered Triangular Number
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Odd Number
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Number Theory Integers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Schanuel's Conjecture
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Number Theory Transcendental Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Andrica's Conjecture
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Number Theory Prime Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Littlewood Conjecture
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Number Theory Rational Approximation
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Wolfram MathWorld: Vojta's Conjecture
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Number Theory Elliptic Curves
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Wolfram MathWorld: Scholz Conjecture
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Number Theory Sequences
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Wolfram MathWorld: Carmichael's Totient Function Conjecture
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Number Theory Number Theoretic Functions
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Wolfram MathWorld: Mersenne Prime
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Fermat Number
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Hardy-Ramanujan Theorem
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Number Theory Prime Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Harshad Number
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Fractional Part
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Number Theory Number Theoretic Functions
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Wolfram MathWorld: Highly Composite Number
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Number Theory Special Numbers
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Wolfram MathWorld: Thue's Theorem
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Number Theory Congruences
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Wolfram MathWorld: Kronecker's Approximation Theorem
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Number Theory Rational Approximation
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Wolfram MathWorld: Wolstenholme's Theorem
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Number Theory Congruences
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Oppermann's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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an unsolved problem in mathematics on the distribution of prime numbers. It is closely related to but stronger than
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Eisenstein integer (Wikipedia)
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In mathematics, the Eisenstein integers (named after Gotthold Eisenstein), occasionally
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e (mathematical constant) (Wikipedia)
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e is irrational (it cannot be represented as a ratio of integers) and transcendental (it is not a root of any
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Pell number (Wikipedia)
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mathematics, the Pell numbers are an infinite sequence of integers, known since ancient times, that comprise the
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Proof that e is irrational, Wikipedia
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Quote, Includes: Proof That e Is Irrational, Lead section
is, that it cannot be expressed as the quotient of two integers.
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15 and 290 theorems (Wikipedia)
Includes: 15 and 290 Theorems, Lead section
Quote, Includes: 15 and 290 Theorems, Lead section
arising from an integer matrix represents all positive integers up to 15, then it represents all positive integers.
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Barban-Davenport-Halberstam theorem (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Includes: Barban-Davenport-Halberstam Theorem, Lead section
theorem is a statement about the distribution of prime numbers in an arithmetic progression. It is known that
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Pell's equation (Wikipedia)
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passes through a point whose x and y coordinates are both integers, such as the trivial solution with x = 1 and
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Nagell-Lutz theorem (Wikipedia)
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In mathematics, the Nagell-Lutz theorem is a result in the diophantine geometry of elliptic curves, which describes rational torsion points on elliptic
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Gauss Circle Problem (Wikipedia)
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circle problem is the problem of determining how many integer lattice points there are in a circle centered at the origin
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Hall's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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perfect squares and perfect cubes
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Kummer-Vandiver conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Includes: Kummer-Vandiver Conjecture, Lead section
states that a prime
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Wikipedia: Lucas number
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Quote, Includes: Lucas Numbers, Lead section
The Lucas sequence is an integer sequence named after the mathematician François Édouard
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Wikipedia: Amicable numbers
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Quote, Includes: Amicable Numbers, Lead section
natural numbers related in such a way that the sum of the proper divisors of each is equal to the other number. That is
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Subspace theorem (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Includes: Schmidt Subspace Theorem, Lead section
In mathematics, the subspace theorem says that points of small height in projective space lie in a finite number of hyperplanes. It is
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Fueter-Polya theorem (Wikipedia)
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by Rudolf Fueter and George Pólya, states that the only quadratic polynomial pairing functions are the Cantor polynomials.
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Birch's theorem (Wikipedia)
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is a statement about the representability of zero by odd degree forms.
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Davenport-Schmidt theorem (Wikipedia)
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In mathematics, specifically the area of Diophantine approximation, the Davenport-Schmidt theorem tells us how well
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Kaplansky's theorem on quadratic forms (Wikipedia)
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In mathematics, Kaplansky's theorem on quadratic forms is a result on simultaneous representation of
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Proof by Infinite Descent (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Includes: Proof by Infinite Descent, Lead section
In mathematics, a proof by infinite descent, also known as Fermat's method of descent, is a particular kind of proof by contradiction
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Modular Exponentiation (Wikipedia)
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Modular exponentiation is exponentiation performed over a modulus. It is useful in computer science, especially
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MacTutor biography of Serge Lang, St Andrews
Includes: Serge Lang, Biography
Quote, Includes: Serge Lang, Biography
Lang's mathematical research ranged over a wide range of topics such as algebraic geometry, Diophantine geometry ( a term Lang invented ) , transcendental number theory
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Aleksandr Khinchin, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
Includes: Aleksandr Khinchin, Summary
Quote, Includes: Aleksandr Khinchin, Summary
Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin was a Russian mathematician who contributed to many fields including number theory and probability.
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Alfréd Rényi, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Quote, Includes: Alfréd Rényi, Summary
Alfréd Rényi was a Hungarian mathematician who worked in probability theory, combinatorics, graph theory and number theory.
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Ferdinand von Lindemann, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
Includes: Ferdinand von Lindemann, Summary
Quote, Includes: Ferdinand von Lindemann, Summary
Ferdinand von Lindemann was the first to prove that π is transcendental, i.e. π is not the root of any algebraic equation with rational coefficients.
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Gotthold Eisenstein, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Gotthold Eisenstein worked on a variety of topics including quadratic and cubic forms, the reciprocity theorem for cubic residues, quadratic partition of prime numbers and reciprocity laws.
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Heinrich Martin Weber, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Heinrich Weber was a German mathematician whose main work was in algebra, number theory, analysis and applications of analysis to mathematical physics.
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Marcel Riesz, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Marcel Riesz was a Hungarian-born mathematician who worked on summation methods, potential theory and other parts of analysis, as well as number theory and partial differential equations.
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Ibn al-Haytham, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Al-Haytham is also known as Alhazen . He was an Islamic mathematician who wrote early works on optics as well as geometry and number theory.
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Robert Carmichael, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Robert Carmichael was an American number theorist best known for discovering what are now called Carmichael numbers.
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Marin Mersenne, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Marin Mersenne was a French monk who is best known for his role as a clearing house for correspondence between eminent philosophers and scientists and for his work in number theory.
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Eric Temple Bell, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Bell confided in Hotelling that if he had not sunk fifteen years of his life into number theory, he would have loved to undertake research into relativity theory.
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John Tate, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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John Torrence Tate was an American mathematician who won both the Wolf and Abel prizes for his work in Number Theory.
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