Mathematician:Richard Peirce Brent

Mathematician
Australian mathematician and computer scientist, whose research interests include number theory (in particular factorisation), random number generators, computer architecture, and analysis of algorithms.

Nationality
Australia

History

 * Born: 20 April 1946, Melbourne

Theorems and Definitions

 * Prime Decomposition of 8th Fermat Number‎ (with )
 * Prime Decomposition of 10th Fermat Number‎

Publications

 * 1973: Algorithms for Minimization without Derivatives


 * 1976: Tables Concerning Irregularities in the Distribution of Primes and Twin Primes to $10^{11}$