Event

John H. Conway, Princeton University

Friday, September 29, 2017 16:00to17:00

The first field

The “first field” is obtained by making the entries in its addition and multiplication tables be the smallest possibilities. It is really an interesting field that contains the integers, but with new addition and multiplication tables. For example, 2 x 2 = 3, 5 x 7 = 13, ... It extends to the infinite ordinals and the first infinite ordinal is the cube root of 2!

Colloque des sciences mathématiques du Québec

UdeM, Pavillon André-Aisenstadt, salle 1140

 
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