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Randomness in Number Theory

Lecture

Speaker

  • Peter Sarnak sitting by a window
    Peter Sarnak Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University

When

  • – ET

Where

Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium

160 5th Ave

New York, NY 10010, United States

In this Presidential Lecture, Peter Sarnak will highlight the apparent dichotomy between structure and randomness in number theory through a series of examples. He will show how models for randomness can be both unexpected and revealing and why identifying and establishing random features is often the central challenge in the field.

Three overlapping wavy lines—dark blue, light blue, and yellow—are shown against a light background, each representing different waveforms or data trends.

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