Mathematical Sciences: Number Theory and Allied Topics

这笔赠款支持G·安德鲁斯教授作为首席研究员和D·布朗纳韦尔教授作为联合首席研究员的研究。安德鲁斯教授将致力于研究加数理论中的问题。特别是，他将专注于从划分理论中产生的各种猜想。布朗纳威尔教授将致力于丢番图近似和超越数论中出现的问题，特别是Drinfeld模中出现的问题。这是数论领域的研究。数论始于整数和诸如一个整数被另一个整数整除的问题。它是最古老的数学领域之一，最初是出于纯粹的美学原因。然而，在过去的半个世纪里，它已经成为开发计算机科学的新算法和电子产品的新纠错码的必要工具。

This grant supports the research of Professor G. Andrews as principal investigator and Professor D. Brownawell as co-principal investigator. Professor Andrews will work on problems in additive number theory. In particular, he will concentrate on various conjectures arising from partition theory. Professor Brownawell will work on problems arising from Diophantine approximation and transcendental number theory in particular problems arising from Drinfeld modules. This is research in the field of number theory. Number theory starts with the whole numbers and questions such as the divisibility of one whole number by another. It is among the oldest fields of mathematics and it was originally pursued for purely aesthetic reasons. However, within the last half century, it has become an essential tool in developing new algorithms for computer science and new error correcting codes for electronics.