Electronic Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Boston, Massachusetts, February 15-18, 2007

Paper C023

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Employing The Voyage 200 To Explore Two Open Problems In Elementary Number Theory

Jay L. Schiffman


Rowan University
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Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701
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ABSTRACT

Open problems in elementary number theory have long fascinated both professional and amateur mathematicians. In this paper, we demonstrate how the VOYAGE 200 enables students to better understand the intricacies associated with primes in general and, in particular, the two open problems known as Goldbach's Conjecture and The Twin Prime Conjecture.

Keyword(s): number theory, Voyage 200