Carl Pomerance facts for kids
Carl Bernard Pomerance, born in 1944 in Joplin, Missouri, is a famous American mathematician. He is known for his amazing work with numbers, especially prime numbers. He studied at Brown University and then earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1972. His early research looked into perfect numbers and their prime factors. He taught at the University of Georgia and later worked at Lucent Technologies. He then became a special professor at Dartmouth College.
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What Carl Pomerance Discovered
Carl Pomerance has written over 120 papers about mathematics. He even wrote a book called Prime numbers: a computational perspective with Richard Crandall. This book helps people understand how computers work with prime numbers. He also worked with another famous mathematician, Paul Erdős.
The Quadratic Sieve Algorithm
One of Carl Pomerance's most important inventions is the quadratic sieve algorithm. This is a special method used to break down very large numbers into their prime factors. It was used in 1994 to factor a very large number called RSA-129. This showed how powerful his method was for solving big math problems.
The Adleman–Pomerance–Rumely Primality Test
Carl Pomerance also helped discover the Adleman–Pomerance–Rumely primality test. This test is a way to figure out if a very large number is a prime number or not. It's a very clever and fast method that helps mathematicians and computer scientists.
Awards and Honors
Carl Pomerance has won many awards for his teaching and research. These awards show how much he has contributed to mathematics.
Top Teaching and Research Awards
In 1985, he won the Chauvenet Prize. This award is given for excellent writing about mathematics. In 1997, he received the Deborah and Franklin Haimo Award. This award celebrates great math teachers at colleges and universities. He also won the Levi L. Conant Prize in 2001 for his paper "A Tale of Two Sieves."
Becoming a Mathematics Fellow
In 2012, Carl Pomerance became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. This means he is recognized as a leading expert in mathematics. In the same year, he also became the John G. Kemeny Parents Professor of Mathematics.
See also
In Spanish: Carl Pomerance para niños
- Carmichael numbers
- Ruth–Aaron pair
External links
- Home page
- 2001 Conant Prize, an article in the Bulletin of the AMS, vol 48:4 (2001), 418–419.
