The Number Theory Foundation (NTF) is a

non-profit A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...

organization based in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

which supports research and conferences in the field of

number theory Number theory (or arithmetic or higher arithmetic in older usage) is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and arithmetic function, integer-valued functions. German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777� ...

, with a particular focus on computational aspects and explicit methods. The NTF funds the Selfridge prize awarded at each Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium (ANTS) and is a regular supporter of several conferences and organizations in number theory, including the Canadian Number Theory Association (CNTA), Women in Numbers (WIN), and the West Coast Number Theory (WCNT) conference.

History

The NTF was created in 1999 via a grant from

John Selfridge John Lewis Selfridge (February 17, 1927 – October 31, 2010), was an American mathematician who contributed to the fields of analytic number theory, computational number theory, and combinatorics. Education Selfridge received his Ph.D. in 195 ...

with an initial board of directors including Paul Bateman,

John Brillhart John David Brillhart (November 13, 1930 – May 21, 2022) was a mathematician who worked in number theory at the University of Arizona. Early life and education Brillhart was born on November 13, 1930 in Berkeley, California. He studied at the U ...

, Richard Blecksmith, Brian Conrey,

Ronald Graham Ronald Lewis Graham (October 31, 1935July 6, 2020) was an American mathematician credited by the American Mathematical Society as "one of the principal architects of the rapid development worldwide of discrete mathematics in recent years". He ...

, Richard Guy,

Carl Pomerance Carl Bernard Pomerance (born 1944 in Joplin, Missouri) is an American number theorist. He attended college at Brown University and later received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1972 with a dissertation proving that any odd perfect number ...

, John Selfridge,

Sam Wagstaff Samuel Jones Wagstaff Jr. (November 4, 1921 – January 14, 1987) was an American art curator and collector as well as the artistic mentor and benefactor of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (who was also his lifetime companion) and poet- punk ro ...

, and

Hugh Williams Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams (6 March 1904 – 7 December 1969) was a British actor and dramatist of Welsh descent. Early life and career Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams (nicknamed "Tam") was born at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex to Hugh Dafydd Anth ...

. Carl Pomerance served as President of the foundation for its first two decades and was succeeded by Andrew Sutherland in 2019.

External links

NTF web site

References

Number theory Foundations based in the United States {{numtheory-stub