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Revista Colombiana de Matemáticas

versão impressa ISSN 0034-7426

Rev.colomb.mat. vol.55 no.2 Bogotá jul./dez. 2021  Epub 31-Maio-2022

https://doi.org/10.15446/recolma.v55n2.102612 

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Ternary arithmetic, factorization, and the class number one problem

Aritmética ternaria, factorización, y el problema de número de clase uno

Aram Bingham1  * 

1Centro de Ciencias Matemáticas (UNAM), Morelia, México


Abstract:

Ordinary multiplication of natural numbers can be generalized to a ternary operation by considering discrete volumes of lattice hexagons. With this operation, a natural notion of ‘3-primality’ -primality with respect to ternary multiplication- is defined, and it turns out that there are very few 3-primes. They correspond to imaginary quadratic fields ℚ (), n > 0, with odd discriminant and whose ring of integers admits unique factorization. We also describe how to determine representations of numbers as ternary products and related algorithms for usual primality testing and integer factorization.

Keywords: Factorization; primality testing; quadratic fields

Resumen:

La multiplicación usual de números naturales se puede generalizar a una operación ternaria en consideración de volúmenes discretos de hexágonos de retícula. Con esta operación, se define una noción de ‘3-primalidad’ y resulta que hay muy pocos números que son 3-primos. Éstos corresponden a cuerpos cuadráticos imaginarios ℚ (), n > 0, de discriminante impar cuyos anillos de enteros admiten factorización única. También describimos cómo obtener representaciones de números enteros como productos ternarios y algoritmos relacionados de chequeo de primalidad y factorización ordinaria.

Palabras clave: Factorización; prueba de primalidad; campos cuadráticos

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Received: May 07, 2019; Accepted: May 27, 2021

*Correspondencia: Aram Bingham, Centro de Ciencias Matemáticas. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Campus Morelia. Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro # 8701. Morelia, Michoacán, México. Correo electrónico: aram@matmor.unam.mx. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15446/recolma.v55n2.102612

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