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Selected answers to common questions:
Diophantine equations.
Infinite number of primes?
Testing for primality.
What is 'mod'?
- Proving Divisibility [09/11/2003]
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Prove that (n^2 - n) is divisible by 2 for every integer n; that
(n^3 - n) is divisible by 6; and that n^5 - n is divisible by 30.
- Proving e is Irrational [11/19/1997]
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My professor suggested using a proof by contradiction, but I don't
understand how to do it.
- Proving Fermat's Last Theorem for N = 4 [05/18/2000]
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How can you prove Fermat's Last Theorem for the specific case n = 4?
- Proving O(n) [01/23/2001]
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How would you prove that an equation is of order n, or n squared?
- Proving Perfect Squares [07/05/1998]
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Suppose a, b, and c are positive integers, with no factor in common,
where 1/a + 1/b = 1/c. Prove that a+b, a-c, and b-c are all perfect
squares.
- Proving Phi(m) Is Even [04/22/1998]
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Explain why phi(m) is always even for m greater than 2...
- Proving the Associative Property [02/24/2001]
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How can I prove that a binary operation is associative, if all I am given
is a table for the operation?
- Proving the Properties of Natural Numbers [03/08/2000]
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How can you prove or derive the commutative, associative, and
distributive properties of numbers?
- Proving the Square Root of 2 is Irrational [02/04/2004]
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How can you prove that the square root of 2 is irrational using the
Rational Root Theorem?
- Proving the Square Root of a Prime is Irrational [07/15/1998]
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How do you prove that if p is prime, the square root of p is irrational?
- Public Key Encryption [03/29/1999]
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Examples and discussion of operations used for encryption, including mod.
- Pythagorean Quadruplets [12/28/1998]
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I am trying to find a formula that generates Pythagorean quadruplets
a,b,c,d such that a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = d^2.
- Pythagorean Theorem, Fermat's Last Theorem [5/16/1996]
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Can the Pythagorean theorem be done with 3 different numbers?
- Pythagorean Triple [8/28/1996]
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What is the formula for finding the three lengths in a Pythagorean triple
where the shortest side is even?
- Pythagorean Triples [10/07/1997]
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What is a Pythagorean triple?
- Pythagorean Triples [04/14/1997]
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Why can't all the numbers in a Pythagorean triple be prime?
- Pythagorean Triples [07/14/1997]
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Is there a formula to determine the solutions to the following equations?
a^2 + b^2 = c^2, a^3 + b^3 + c^3 = d^3...
- Pythagorean Triples [11/19/1997]
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I need to know the first five Pythagorean triples after 3,4,5...
- Pythagorean Triples [05/22/1999]
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What is the general formula for all sides of any triple?
- Pythagorean Triples [05/31/1999]
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Is there a procedure for finding Pythagorean triples?
- Pythagorean Triples [5/18/1995]
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How can the relation between Pythagorean triples be expressed as a
formula?
- Pythagorean Triples Divisible by 5 [11/17/2000]
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Do all right triangles with integer side lengths have a side with a
length divisible by 5?
- Pythagorean Triple with 71 [12/07/1997]
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Is there a Pythagorean triple that contains the number 71?
- Quadratic Residues [06/30/1998]
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I need a fundamental explanation of the concept of quadratic residues.
- Quadratic Residues and Sums of Squares [10/28/1998]
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In one of the lemmas in number theory, if p is an odd prime number, then
there exist x, y such that x^2+y^2+1=kp...
- A Quartic Diophantine Equation: 10657 + 11579x^2 + x^4 = y^2 [12/29/2008]
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Doctor Vogler helps a student look for integer solutions to a quartic
polynomial by noticing a difference of squares in its coefficients and
factoring its constant term.
- Ramsey's Theorem and Infinite Sequence [06/01/1999]
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Ramsey's Theorem applied to divisibility in infinite sequences.
- Rational and Irrational Numbers: Multiplication, Division [10/15/2001]
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I would like the rules explained for: irrational * irrational; rational *
rational; irrational/rational.
- Rationalizing a Denominator with Multiple Cube Roots [04/22/2011]
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A student of field theory wonders how to remove the cube roots from the denominator
of 1/(a + b*CBRT(q) + c*CBRT(q)^2). Building on the conjugacy of square roots,
Doctor Vogler writes out the required conjugates.
- Real and Rational Numbers [02/27/2001]
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How can I show that the number of rational numbers between 0 and 1 is the
same as the number of natural numbers (considering the ordering of
fractions: 1/2, 1/3, 2/3, 1/4, 3/4, 1/5, 2/5...)?
- Real Numbers [08/08/1997]
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What exactly is a real number?
- Reasoning about Integers [10/06/2004]
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When positive integers p and q are divided by an even positive integer
t, they have remainders 2 and t/2, respectively. What is the remainder
when the product pq is divided by t?
- Reciprocals of Integers Greater Than 1 as Sum of a Series [07/01/2004]
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Show that the reciprocal of every integer greater than 1 is the sum of
a finite number of consecutive terms of the series 1/[j(j + 1)].
- Rectangular Solids from Blocks [09/25/1998]
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How many rectangular solids can be made from "n" cube-shaped blocks?
- Recurrence Relation for a Pell Equation [11/09/1999]
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Can you help me find a recurrence relation for generating solutions to
the Pell equation x^2 - 5y^2 = 1?
- Relationship Between GCF and LCM [05/22/2002]
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What is the exact relationship between the gcf or gcd and the lcm of
two numbers?
- Relatively Prime [10/07/1999]
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What does the term relatively prime mean, and how can you determine if
two numbers are relative primes?
- Relatively Prime Pythagorean Triples [09/13/1997]
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Questions about Pythagorean triples.
- A Remainder Riddle with Relatively Prime Divisors [06/18/2016]
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A teen wonders what smallest positive integer satisfies three related divisibility criteria.
Doctor Greenie addresses all the required remainders simultaneously in a first
approach; then outlines a piecemeal method.
- Remainders, Pigeons, and Pigeonholes [03/26/2003]
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Given 17 integers, prove that it is always possible to select 5 of the
17 whose sum is divisible by 5.
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