Gene Ward Smith

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Name Gene Ward Smith
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Age 65
Feb
3
comment Trichotomies in mathematics
Primes of the form 4n+1, of the form 4n+3, and 2 Primes over a prime p which are unramifed, tamely ramified, or wildly ramified
Jan
13
awarded  Nice Answer
Jan
13
comment Which popular games are the most mathematical?
The rules of chess evolved so as to produce an interesting game. Nonetheless, rigorous theorems and proofs are possible in endgame theory, and anything with proofs of important facts would seem to be mathematical by definition. I think the OP should have said, mathematical but where the mathematics is not well-motivated from a pure math point of view.
Jan
11
comment Consecutive integers with no large prime factors
Why would a Norwegian spell his name like a German? Anyway, he didn't. Here's a bio in Norwegian: snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Carl_St%C3%B8rmer/utdypning and another: web.archive.org/web/20080505005456/http://… Even so, Viggo Brun spelled the name with an umlaut when writing about him in English.
Jan
3
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Jan
3
comment Primitive Elements for $S_n$ Galois Extensions?
Resultants will suffice for S4.
Jan
2
answered Old books still used
Dec
23
comment Odd-Dimensional Complex Quadrics
Don't delete it! I learned something from it.