{"id":347,"date":"2024-07-25T17:12:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T17:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/newmath2025\/?p=347"},"modified":"2024-11-12T17:12:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T17:12:51","slug":"prof-rolen-teaches-summer-course-on-number-theory-for-talented-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/2024\/07\/25\/prof-rolen-teaches-summer-course-on-number-theory-for-talented-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Rolen Teaches Summer Course on Number Theory for Talented Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13510 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/2024\/07\/VSAIMAGE-281x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" \/>As part of the VSA summer program offered by Vanderbilt\u2019s Program for Talented Youth, Larry Rolen taught a 2 week course called \u201c<a id=\"OWA63833437-ceb6-fed7-a88d-57edf32c21f3\" class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Facademicatlas.org%2Fprograms%2F65fdf00d9d177b78239db1bd%3Fsubject%3DMath&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cdan.margalit%40Vanderbilt.Edu%7Cdeb6b990267649883da808dcacd81103%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C638575291203993105%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ZlIKONtXCYT%2BZP5aIpjV9qMDZCUh5lhLnKxMbEp0YzM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwilhf_f6MKHAxXDF1kFHZBvC-YQFnoECAEQAQ\" data-sb=\"\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/academicatlas.org\/programs\/65fdf00d9d177b78239db1bd%3Fsubject%3DMath&amp;ved=2ahUKEwilhf_f6MKHAxXDF1kFHZBvC-YQFnoECAEQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw1eIb1qXgWQ2NlRuZmiQ_ai\">Exploring Number Theory: Unveiling the Queen of Mathematics<\/a>.\u201d This was an intensive introduction to number theory for 12 gifted high schoolers from across the country and the world. Students met from 8:45-3:45 every day, alternating lectures, group problem solving, and open-ended programming sessions designed to build students\u2019 intuition and foster discovery and mathematical experimentation. Students learned the core topics in elementary number theory, from Euclidean Division through quadratic reciprocity, with glimpses of more modern applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the VSA summer program offered by Vanderbilt\u2019s Program for Talented Youth, Larry Rolen taught a 2 week course called \u201cExploring Number Theory: Unveiling the Queen of Mathematics.\u201d This was an intensive introduction to number theory for 12 gifted high schoolers from across the country and the world. Students met from 8:45-3:45 every&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2024\/11\/math-lockup-news.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions\/348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}