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Group Actions In Number Theory, Tyler J. Evans
Group Actions In Number Theory, Tyler J. Evans
Tyler Evans
Students having had a semester course in abstract algebra are
exposed to the elegant way in which one can use the theory of finite
cyclic groups to derive familiar results from Number Theory.
We present 3 examples suitable for a second semester course in
algebra.
Each uses the notion of the action of a group on a set.
This work was done with Ben Holt, who, at the time, was an HSU
undergraduate student taking second semester algebra