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Furstenberg's proof of the infinitude of primes

In mathematics, particularly in number theory, Hillel Furstenberg's proof of the infinitude of primes is a topological proof that the integers contain infinitely many prime numbers. When examined closely, the proof is less a statement about topology than a statement about certain properties of arithmetic sequences. Unlike Euclid's classical proof, Furstenberg's proof is a proof by contradiction. The proof was published in 1955 in the American Mathematical Monthly while Furstenberg was still an undergraduate student at Yeshiva University. (Wikipedia).

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Transcendental numbers powered by Cantor's infinities

In today's video the Mathologer sets out to give an introduction to the notoriously hard topic of transcendental numbers that is both in depth and accessible to anybody with a bit of common sense. Find out how Georg Cantor's infinities can be used in a very simple and off the beaten track

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Proof By Contradiction of Infinite Primes - A Level Maths

Another famous proof by contradiction! This time, we prove there are infinite primes! Euler was the guy to devise the proof of infinitely many primes and it's one of my favourite! Proof by contradiction for the PROOF CHAPTER of the NEW A Level Maths Year 2 for AQA, Edexcel, OCR and OCR M

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Use Fermat Numbers to Prove the Infinitude of Prime Numbers

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Hillel Furstenberg - The Abel Prize interview 2020

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The Pattern to Prime Numbers?

In this video, we explore the "pattern" to prime numbers. I go over the Euler product formula, the prime number theorem and the connection between the Riemann zeta function and primes. Here's a video on a similar topic by Numberphile if you're interested: https://youtu.be/uvMGZb0Suyc The

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Prime Numbers and their Mysterious Distribution (Prime Number Theorem)

Primes are the building blocks of math. But just how mysterious are they? Our study of prime numbers dates back to the ancient Greeks who first recognized that certain numbers can't be turned into rectangles, or that they can't be factored into any way. Over the years prime numbers have

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Prove that there is a prime number between n and n!

A simple number theory proof problem regarding prime number distribution: Prove that there is a prime number between n and n! Please Like, Share and Subscribe!

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Theory of numbers: Congruences: Euler's theorem

This lecture is part of an online undergraduate course on the theory of numbers. We prove Euler's theorem, a generalization of Fermat's theorem to non-prime moduli, by using Lagrange's theorem and group theory. As an application of Fermat's theorem we show there are infinitely many prim

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Abundant, Deficient, and Perfect Numbers ← number theory ← axioms

Integers vary wildly in how "divisible" they are. One way to measure divisibility is to add all the divisors. This leads to 3 categories of whole numbers: abundant, deficient, and perfect numbers. We show there are an infinite number of abundant and deficient numbers, and then talk abou

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The Generalized Ramanujan Conjectures and Applications (Lecture 3) by Peter Sarnak

Lecture 3: Mobius Randomness and Horocycle Dynamics Abstract : The Mobius function mu(n) is minus one to the number of distinct prime factors of n if n has no square factors and zero otherwise. Understanding the randomness (often referred to as the "Mobius randomness principle") in this f

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There are Infinitely many Primes! - Euclid's Proof of the Infinitude of Primes

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PMSP - Pseudorandomness of the Mobius function - Peter Sarnak

Peter Sarnak Princeton University and Institute for Advanced Study June 18, 2010 For more videos, visit http://video.ias.edu

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Yves Benoist - Random walk on p-adic flag varieties

Yves Benoist (Université Paris Sud, France) According to a theorem of Furstenberg, a Zariski dense probability measure on a real semisimple Lie group admits a unique stationary probability measure on the flag variety. In this talk we will see that a Zariski dense probability measure on a

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The Abel Prize announcement 2020 — Hillel Furstenberg & Gregory Margulis

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Number Theory | Infinitely many primes of the form 3n+1.

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Furstenberg sets in finite fields - Zeev Dvir

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I Topic: Furstenberg sets in finite fields Speaker: Zeev Dvir Affiliation: Princeton University Date: October 28, 2019 For more video please visit http://video.ias.edu

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Why Furstenberg and Margulis won the Abel Prize [Popular presentation]

On the work of Furstenberg and Margulis by Alex Bellos. Alex Bellos is a british writer, broadcaster and popularizer of mathematics. This clip is from the 2020 Abel Prize Announcement.

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Use Euler Phi Function to Prove the Infinitude of Prime Numbers

Use Euler Phi Function to Prove the Infinitude of Prime Numbers

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Theory of numbers: Gauss's lemma

This lecture is part of an online undergraduate course on the theory of numbers. We describe Gauss's lemma which gives a useful criterion for whether a number n is a quadratic residue of a prime p. We work it out explicitly for n = -1, 2 and 3, and as an application prove some cases of Di

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