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SUMMARY:Arithmetic throughout history - Prof. John Coates\, Sadleirian Pro
 fessor of Pure Mathematics\, Cambridge University
DTSTART:20111108T180000Z
DTEND:20111108T190000Z
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CONTACT:Thanh-Lan Gluckman
DESCRIPTION:Throughout history\, mankind has strove to understand numbers\
 , both as a basic tool for engineering and technology\, and as an intellec
 tual challenge to explain the hidden and mysterious properties of arithmet
 ic suggested by the study of numerical examples. The lecture will be non-t
 echnical\, and will survey a few of the most influential discoveries about
  numbers\, from the Babylonians to the present day. It will also briefly g
 ive a non-technical explanation of what are arguably the oldest and the ne
 west major open problems about numbers.
LOCATION:Nihon Room\, Foundress Court\, Pembroke College
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