wow if true
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Replying to @joranwei
In the preface, he says it's because integers mod n are used throughout the book, but p-ardics are only used in one chapter.
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Replying to @BRIAN_____
ahh so I just looked, and he uses Z_n (subscript). That's unsurprising (my current algebra prof uses the same notation).
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Replying to @joranwei @BRIAN_____
only Zn (adjacent, no subscript) would weird me out.
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Replying to @joranwei
Yes. One doesn't need to know any math to do what I do. But, I am curious about Fermat's Last Theorem so I got these books.
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Replying to @BRIAN_____
nice! In case you haven't already seen it, this documentary about Wiles' proof is reallllly good: https://vimeo.com/24751596
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Replying to @joranwei @BRIAN_____
(you just nudged me into getting the Koblitz book, 'cause I don't know a damned thing about modular forms)
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I have to read 2 others before I can read it. But it's good b/c most of it was written before "practical applications" (ECC).
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