Department Colloquium
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Speaker:
Ezra Brown Department of Mathematics Virginia Tech Time and Place: 3:30 p.m., Thursday, October 18, 2002, 11 Allen Title: Square roots from 1;24,51,10 to Dan Shanks Abstract: This talk is about (CHOOSE ONE)--- (a) The oldest mathematical algorithm (b) Approximations of square roots throughout history (c) Calculating square roots by hand (d) The Shanks-Tonelli algorithm for computing square roots modulo a prime (e) Forty-five minutes long (f) All of the above Answer:(f) Host: Len Miller, (662) 325-7138, miller@math.msstate.edu Refreshments: 4:30-5:30 p.m., 467 Allen |
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