Samuel Arbesman recently wrote about incorrect mathematical conjectures. I wanted to add one of my favorites, which came up in my math history class a couple weeks ago. Unlike the disproven ...
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Why prime numbers force every bead necklace to obey the same rule
A simple puzzle about colored bead necklaces turns into an elegant visual proof of one of number theory's most foundational ...
Like many math students, I had dreams of mathematical greatness. I thought I was close once. A difficult algebra problem in college kept me working late into the night. After hours of struggle, I felt ...
This series has dealt with prime numbers. The first article “The Fermat Test — Another Principle of Primality Testing” ...
We have been dealing with prime numbers as our main subject so far. Fermat's test (primality testing), twin primes (intervals ...
Fermat's Last Theorem states that for any n greater than 2, there do not exist integer solutions to x^n + y^n = z^n where all of x, y, z are non-zero. This theorem intrigued and vexed mathematicians ...
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