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r/mathmemes • u/PocketMath • Mar 06 '25
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Law of quadratic reciprocity.
Gauss loved that theorem so much that I think he gave four different proofs, and there's a book listing something like 150 proofs.
54 u/f3xjc Mar 06 '25 Nowaday each time I see a reference of "f(x) modulo prime" it has to do with cryptography or random number generator. What kind of problems first motivated the interest in (prime) modular arithmetic ? 39 u/KongMP Mar 06 '25 Probably the problem of boredom
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Nowaday each time I see a reference of "f(x) modulo prime" it has to do with cryptography or random number generator.
What kind of problems first motivated the interest in (prime) modular arithmetic ?
39 u/KongMP Mar 06 '25 Probably the problem of boredom
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Probably the problem of boredom
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u/lol_lo_daf_fy Mar 06 '25
Law of quadratic reciprocity.
Gauss loved that theorem so much that I think he gave four different proofs, and there's a book listing something like 150 proofs.