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Park City Mathematics Institute
Geometrical Concepts from Constructions, Models, and Investigations
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Factoring Patterns in the Gaussian Plane
Steve Phelps
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Go to: final_factoring_integers_gaussian.pdf
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WHAT IS IT?
This article discusses discoveries by the author while studying aspects of geometry, the Gaussian plane, and later applications to operations on Gaussian integers.
GRADE LEVEL
11 - 12
STRAND
Geometry
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OBJECTIVE
To introduce teachers to ideas of factorization involving Gaussian integers and their ties to geometry.
PREREQUISITES
Geometry
- Apollonian circles
- Inversion
- Complex numbers
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