Christopher Havens came upon his love of math while in solitary confinement. A decade later, he published a paper on number theory in a top mathematics journal.

How could big algebras strengthen the link between quantum physics and number theory, two fields of mathematics seemingly worlds apart? Firstly, the math behind quantum physics makes extensive use ...

The University of Colorado Center for Number Theory has interests spanning number theory, from analytic to algebraic. There is a focus on arithmetic geometry, including arithmetic dynamics, elliptic ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, connects quantum ...

Christopher Havens came upon his love of math while in solitary confinement. A decade later, he published a paper on number theory in a top mathematics journal.

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MATH 8822 Number Theory II (Spring: 3) Possible topics include: Factorization of ideals, local fields, local-vs-global Galois theory, Brauer group, adèles and idèles, class field theory, Dirichlet ...

A new number theory paper comes from three academic researchers and, astonishingly, one prison inmate. Number theory is full of complex problems with applications in cryptography and more.

Mathematical Proof That Rocked Number Theory Will Be Published But some experts say author Shinichi Mochizuki failed to fix a fatal flaw in the solution of a major arithmetic problem ...