ESP Biography



MICHAEL BELLAND, ESP Teacher




Major: Course 6 and Course 18

College/Employer: MIT

Year of Graduation: 2016

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Past Classes

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M6473: Is the remainder a square? Elementary Number Theory and Quadratic Reciprocity in Splash! 2012 (Nov. 17 - 18, 2012)
Quick, if we square an integer and divide it by 101, can the remainder we get be 53? You could square some numbers, but this remainder will actually never show up. How can we know this efficiently? In this class we will cover elementary number theory and construct (prove) the impressive mathematical machinery of quadratic reciprocity. After all, if the great mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss knew how to prove it, why shouldn't you?