Events Tagged: "number theory"

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