November 16, 2013 – Ivan Borsenco – The Study of Prime Numbers: from Euclid till present days

Why do prime numbers fascinate us?

Why prime numbers are still an active area of research?

What advances have mathematicians made in this field this year?

You will find answers to these questions and many more if you come to the lecture.

See you there!

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October 15, 2011 – Dr. Titu Andreescu – “Prime and Composite Numbers”

Next Saturday Dr. Andreescu will return to share some of his favorite problems related to primes and composite numbers.  Not only are these subjects major components of mathematical contests, they are also used widely in applied math topics like cryptography.  The presentation will contain interesting problems involving primes and numbers that can be written as product of primes.

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