CORRESPONDENCE
Prime Numbers S.G.E. (Glenavy): Says that H.G.L.’s formula (see issue June 28). was quite correct. However, he was not so much interested in H.G.L.’s knowing how to use it as_in knowing how he got it. Did he discover it himself, ot did he consult a text-book of Higher Algebra? If he really worked it out himself, then he should try Fermat’s Theorem: If n and p are any two integers, then the number given by n squared by p minus n is always an exact multiple of p, if, and only if, p is prime. Let him concentrate on this, says S.G.E., for six hours without looking at any book. "I would be very interested to learn how far he managed to get in that time."
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19400712.2.43.2
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 55, 12 July 1940, Page 21
Word count
Tapeke kupu
127CORRESPONDENCE New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 55, 12 July 1940, Page 21
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in