Differential Geometry With Finite Fields - Differential Geometry
Insights into Mathematics via YouTube
The Most Addictive Python and SQL Courses
Learn AI, Data Science & Business — Earn Certificates That Get You Hired
Overview
Google, IBM & Meta Certificates – 40% Off
One Coursera Plus subscription covers most Professional Certificates on Coursera.
Unlock All Certificates
This lecture introduces finite prime fields and develops polynomial arithmetic and calculus over them. It applies these ideas to tangent conics of a cubic, revealing related combinatorial and algebraic patterns.
Syllabus
Introduction
Finite fields
exponentiation
primitive roots
polynomial arithmetic
calculus over finite fields
power function example
Graphing polynomials
Graphing quadratic equations
Natural questions
Generalizing
Taught by
Insights into Mathematics