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Introduction to number theory lecture 53. Three calculators for number theorists

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This lecture is part of my Berkeley math 115 course “Introduction to number theory”
For the other lectures in the course see https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8yHsr3EFj53L8sMbzIhhXSAOpuZ1Fov8

We discuss some of the number theory features in 3 pocket calculators: the Casio fx-300ES PLUS, the SwissMicros DM42, and the HP 50g.

The free simulator for the DM42 can be downloaded from https://thomasokken.com/free42/

The textbook is “An introduction to the theory of numbers” by Niven, Zuckerman, and Montgomery (5th edition).