We investigate prime factorization from two perspectives: quantum annealing and computational algebraic geometry, specifically Gröbner bases. We present a novel autonomous algorithm which combines the ...

I was dumbfounded reading the “Ask the teacher” column [“8th-grade algebra does not add up,” July 16]about requiring eighth-graders to be tested in algebra. I learned algebra in 1963 at McCumber ...

Algebraic structures such as groups, rings, modules and semigroups provide the foundational language for modern mathematics, encoding symmetry, arithmetic and combinatorial properties in a unified ...