Sunday, September 5, 2010
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sooooo what is number theory exactly. the name is self explanatory, it relates to how numbers apply to more and more complicated branches of math. so far we have learned about classifying numbers such as prime composite integer and whatnot. we have also been working with logs exponents lcd gcm....etc... basically we have been involved with number theory for a while but we may or may not have been aware of it
Kaitlyn's Blog #1
I think that Number Theory is a branch of math that has to do with whole numbers, rational numbers, and integars. It deals with the different classifications that numbers can be put in to. It's a simpler form of math involved with defining word problems and dividing numbers into groups. For example, we have been learning about prime and composite numbers. These are two of the simpler types of classifications involved in Number Theory. Also, we have been learning about lcd and gcd.....That is what i think Number Theory is!
Feroz's Blog #1
What do I think number theory is?
Well, it seems like easier ways to do complex math and stuff. And ways to do things in Math in other ways. I'm not exactly sure, because all we've done so far are logs, exponents and the stupid sieve thing, which is pretty useful I suppose. It also seems to deal with logic and other basic math principals. It also helps to save time doing problems. Like the sieve helps you find the prime numbers between 1 and 100 and that GCD thing David showed us.
Well, it seems like easier ways to do complex math and stuff. And ways to do things in Math in other ways. I'm not exactly sure, because all we've done so far are logs, exponents and the stupid sieve thing, which is pretty useful I suppose. It also seems to deal with logic and other basic math principals. It also helps to save time doing problems. Like the sieve helps you find the prime numbers between 1 and 100 and that GCD thing David showed us.
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Prompt 1:
I think that number theory is a type of math that is concerned with the study of the integers, and of the objects and structures that naturally arise from their study.
It is one of the oldest forms of mathematics, alongside geometry, and has been studied at least since the ancient Mesopotamians and Egyptians. This is most likely because of its purely mathematical nature. Number theory has often been considered as the root to almost all parts of mathematics. A man by the name of Carl Friedrich Gauss states that mathematics is the gueen of science and that number theory is the queen of mathematics. This is man is known as the greates number theorist of all time. Number theory developed into a more specific type of mathematics now called cryptography.
Number theory is also the easy way around most problem solving. It teaches you little tricks and short cuts to getting around all of the long problems and will teach you how save an efficient amount of time.
I think that number theory is a type of math that is concerned with the study of the integers, and of the objects and structures that naturally arise from their study.
It is one of the oldest forms of mathematics, alongside geometry, and has been studied at least since the ancient Mesopotamians and Egyptians. This is most likely because of its purely mathematical nature. Number theory has often been considered as the root to almost all parts of mathematics. A man by the name of Carl Friedrich Gauss states that mathematics is the gueen of science and that number theory is the queen of mathematics. This is man is known as the greates number theorist of all time. Number theory developed into a more specific type of mathematics now called cryptography.
Number theory is also the easy way around most problem solving. It teaches you little tricks and short cuts to getting around all of the long problems and will teach you how save an efficient amount of time.
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Number theory is a type of arithmetic. It involves properties of numbers and it doesn't seem like a very complex type of math to me. We've been working with prime numbers, multiples, divisors, logs, matrices, etc. It seems that number theory is used daily without realizing it because we're simply touching up on basic math we have learned in the past. Number theory also involves logic.
Helen's Blog #1
Prompt 1:
I think Number Theory is the branch of math that is concern with numbers and integers. There are different ways you can see Number Theory in different type of problems. This can be seen in prime and composite numbers, logs, LCD, exponents, classifications of numbers etc. Basically, I think people were already learning Number Theory ever since they were taught basic math, because I think Number Theory is just simple concepts of math applied to harder concepts of math. Yea... so that's what I think number theory is.
I think Number Theory is the branch of math that is concern with numbers and integers. There are different ways you can see Number Theory in different type of problems. This can be seen in prime and composite numbers, logs, LCD, exponents, classifications of numbers etc. Basically, I think people were already learning Number Theory ever since they were taught basic math, because I think Number Theory is just simple concepts of math applied to harder concepts of math. Yea... so that's what I think number theory is.
Heatherrrrrrrrr--Prompt 1
Soooo...Number Theory. I think it is a study of math that involves numbers specifically. Basically classifications of numbers, different categories they fit into, how to find those numbers and so on. I'd say it is a simpler topic of math because it is involved in much more complex and diverse subjects. To give some examples, GCF's and LCD's are involved in number theory (obviously because that's what we learned in the past week) Anddddd, I'm probably wrong but I think sequences and series are somewhat involved in number theory because counting principles are involved in that. Anyway....that's what I think number theory is! :)
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