Category Archives: number theory

Column addition

Posted on January 12, 2019 by

Lean has two copies of basic number types such as the naturals or integers. The reason is that Lean users might want to do two completely different things with numbers such as these. Some people might want to prove theorems … Continue reading →

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617 is prime

Posted on July 26, 2018 by

More number theory today. Clara List and Sangwoo Jo were trying to do a question from the third year number theory example sheet; to work out whether 605 was a square modulo 617. They decided to assume the law of … Continue reading →

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Quadratic Reciprocity and (p^2-1)/8

Posted on July 25, 2018 by

The law of quadratic reciprocity. The jewel in the crown of mathematics! Still not proved in Lean! [edit March 2019; QR is now in Lean, thanks to Chris Hughes, but let’s not let that spoil the story.] Clara List and … Continue reading →

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