Math Club - Prime Numbers: Patterns and Applications

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Thursday, November 12, 2020 - 18:00

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Speaker Information
Carl Wang-Erickson
University of Pittsburgh

Abstract or Additional Information

Prime numbers have been carefully studied for over two thousand years of recorded history. We present some of the greatest hits in the study of prime numbers, including counting them using tools of calculus, and their applications to cryptography.