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Carl Pomerance

American mathematician
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Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
November 24, 1944
Place of birth
Joplin
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher
Employer
University of Georgia, Dartmouth College[7][8]
Field of work
number theory[6]
Educated at
Harvard University, Brown University[9][10]
Award received
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, Chauvenet Prize, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[13][14][15]
Notable work
Adleman–Pomerance–Rumely primality test[12]
Official website
math.dartmouth.edu[35]
Doctoral advisor
John Tate[11]
Doctoral student
Renet Lovorn, Ronald Joseph Burthe, Shuguang Li, Jon Frederick Grantham, Mark James Watkins, Gang Yu, Fred Yuanyou Cheng, Dominic Klyve, Jonathan W. Bayless, Paul Pollack, Mitsuo Kobayashi, Enrique Treviño, Lola Thompson, Avram Gottschlich, Zebediah Engberg, Nathan McNew[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[37]
Academic thesis
Odd perfect numbers are divisible by at least seven distinct primes[36]
Birth name
Carl Bernard Pomerance[38]
Erdős number
+1[40]
Family name
Pomerance[33]
Given name
Carl[34]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[41]
Member of
American Mathematical Society, Institute for Advanced Study[16][17]
Name in native language
Carl Pomerance[39]
🏷️ Also known as
en Carl Pomerance en Carl Bernard Pomerance en C. Pomerance ar كارل بوميرانس de Carl Bernard Pomerance es C. Pomerance es Carl Bernard Pomerance he קארל פומרנץ ja カール・ポメランス pl Carl Bernard Pomerance pt Carl Bernard Pomerance ru Карл Померанс zh 卡爾·帕梅朗斯 zh 卡爾波默蘭斯 zh 波默蘭斯
🔖 Identifiers · 34
ISNI
0000000115712412
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0960-1692
VIAF cluster ID
56691177
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n86864241
GND ID
122920066
All-Russian Mathematical Portal ID
123260
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12381865n
CiNii Research ID
1140845216675760256
Curriculum vitae URL
math.dartmouth.edu
DBLP author ID
91/5140
DDB person (GND) ID
122920066
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
122920066
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Freebase ID
/m/06pbrp
Google Scholar author ID
91BJV2YAAAAJ
IdRef ID
032873468
J9U entity ID
987007446878905171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
122920066
MR Author ID
140915
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
5609
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01981632
NDL Authority ID
01209914
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2005300700
NUKAT ID
n01106356
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810692441005606
National Virtual Library of India ID
530308
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
264599810
PlanetMath ID
CarlPomerance
Prabook ID
2485824, 3487335
ResearchGate profile ID
Carl_Pomerance
SHARE Catalogue author ID
66379
UOM ID
130579
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxGV7JxVh3vrfJtrcp9Dq
Yale LUX ID
person/57709dd0-c56e-4258-807f-1718a7059c68
ZbMATH author ID
pomerance.carl

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🔗 Connections
Educated at 2
Harvard University, Brown University
Named after 2
Adleman–Pomerance–Rumely primality test, Baillie–PSW primality test
Occupation 2
mathematician, university teacher
Affiliated with 1
Dartmouth College
Author of 1
Some problems of Erdős on the sum-of-divisors function
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
John Tate
Doctoral advisors 1
John Tate
Employer 1
University of Georgia
Field of work 1
number theory
Given name 1
Carl
Instance of 1
human
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of 1
American Mathematical Society
Notable work 1
Adleman–Pomerance–Rumely primality test
Place of birth 1
Joplin
Sex or gender 1
male
← Authored by 1
Some problems of Erdős on the sum-of-divisors function
← Discoverer or inventor 1
Quadratic sieve
← Winner 1
Chauvenet Prize
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Summary

Carl Pomerance was born on November 24, 1944[1], in Joplin[2]. He has worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Carl Pomerance include Baillie–PSW primality test[42], a primality test[43] and Adleman–Pomerance–Rumely primality test[44], an algorithm[45].

Why It Matters

Carl Pomerance is credited with the discovery of Quadratic sieve[46], an integer factorization algorithm[47]. Entities named for him include Baillie–PSW primality test[42], a primality test[43] and Adleman–Pomerance–Rumely primality test[44], an algorithm[45].

FAQs

Where was Carl Pomerance born?

Carl Pomerance's place of birth was Joplin[2].

What did Carl Pomerance do for work?

Carl Pomerance worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did Carl Pomerance go to school?

Carl Pomerance was educated at Harvard University[9] and Brown University[10].

What awards did Carl Pomerance receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[13], Chauvenet Prize[14], and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[15].

What did Carl Pomerance discover?

Carl Pomerance is credited as discoverer of Quadratic sieve[46].

Related Entities

John Tate United States University of Georgia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . ams.org. ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [8] ↑ . math.dartmouth.edu. math.dartmouth.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . aaas.org. aaas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  15. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  28. [32] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  29. [16] ↑ . ams.org. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [17] ↑ . ias.edu. ias.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  40. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65765: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 17w ago · Zestmorse · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Birth name → Carl Bernard Pomerance
    Name in native language → Carl Pomerance
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Employer → University of Georgia, Dartmouth College
    "Created claim: Employer: Dartmouth College"
  3. 20w ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, Chauvenet Prize, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sc
    "Created claim: Award received: Chauvenet Prize"
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