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Divisibility, primes and modular arithmetic
Why are the primes distributed so irregularly?
Advanced · Module 14
Number Theory
The purest branch of mathematics, and — to everyone's surprise, including its practitioners' — the foundation of modern cryptography.
By the end of this module
You understand the mathematics that secures every encrypted connection you use.
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Fermat, Euler and RSA
How does arithmetic make a secret?
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A Method for Obtaining Digital Signatures and Public-Key Cryptosystems ↗Rivest, Shamir & Adleman, 1978
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The prime number theorem and the Riemann hypothesis
What is the deepest unsolved question in mathematics actually asking?
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On the Number of Primes Less Than a Given Magnitude (1859) ↗Bernhard Riemann
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