17 events with tag "number theory"
1742
ID: 515
Christian Goldbach proposes conjecture: every even integer >2 is sum of two primes
ID: 515
1761
ID: 560
Euler develops theory of partitions in number theory using generating functions
ID: 560
1770
ID: 575
Lagrange proves every positive integer expressible as sum of four perfect squares
ID: 575
1772
ID: 582
Lagrange develops systematic theory of continued fractions for Diophantine analysis
ID: 582
1779
ID: 605
Euler posthumously develops systematic approach to number theory congruences
ID: 605
1782
ID: 433
Euler introduces generating functions to solve partition problems, powerful tool for combinatorics
ID: 433
1785
ID: 621
Adrien-Marie Legendre begins work on number theory and elliptic integrals for physics
ID: 621
1801
ID: 676
Gauss publishes Disquisitiones Arithmeticae founding modern number theory with congruence notation
ID: 676
1828
ID: 773
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi develops elliptic functions independently - theta functions and modular forms
ID: 773
1837
ID: 812
Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet develops analytic number theory using L-functions for prime distribution
ID: 812
1967
ID: 4624
Robert Langlands proposes Langlands program - vast web connecting number theory, representation theory, and geometry
ID: 4624
1986
ID: 4500
Ken Ribet proves connection between Fermat's Last Theorem and Taniyama-Shimura conjecture
ID: 4500
1994
ID: 4502
June 1994
Andrew Wiles announces proof of Fermat's Last Theorem
ID: 4502
2012
ID: 4551
Mochizuki claims proof of abc conjecture via Inter-universal Teichmüller theory - 500+ pages, still disputed
ID: 4551
2013
ID: 4534
Zhang's bounded gaps theorem - infinitely many prime pairs less than 70 million apart
ID: 4534
2014
ID: 3270
Manjul Bhargava develops new techniques in number theory
ID: 3270
2024
ID: 3400
Quantum algorithms achieve exponential speedup for specific number theory problems
ID: 3400