On the numbers 1,3,8,120 and other Diophantine sets
| When: | Tuesday, 13 September 2016 - Tuesday, 13 September 2016 |
| Where: | Braamfontein Campus East Senate Room, 2nd floor, Senate House |
| Start time: | 18:00 |
The numbers 1,3,8,120 have the property that the product of any two plus 1 yields a perfect square.
In his inaugural lecture, Professor Florian Luca will show guests other sets of numbers like that, called Diophantine, provide them with an opportunity to ask questions about them, give some answers, and present several extensions and generalisations on the subject of “Diophantine sets.”
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