What is Carl Pomerance?
'''Carl Pomerance''' (born 1944, [[Joplin, Missouri]]) is a [[mathematician]]. Most of his work has been in [[number theory]]. He helped find the [[quadratic sieve]] which is a way to [[Factorization|factor]] big numbers very fast. He teaches at [[Dartmouth College]]. He has [[Erdős number]] 1.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Erdos1, Version 2004|url=http://www.oakland.edu/enp/Erdos1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207190951/http://www.oakland.edu/enp/Erdos1|archive-date=2006-12-07|access-date=2009-02-23}}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pomerance, Carl}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Scientists from Missouri]] [[Category:People from Joplin, Missouri]] [[Category:American number theorists]]