Gary’s Q&A

Listener question & Gary’s response · Transcript passage

Sergio Ortiz Orendain asks, “Hi Gary Arndt, given your background in math, is there a specific branch in math you are interested in?”

If I had continued to pursue math, I probably would have focused on number theory. I did a project in my senior year of Fermat’s Little Theorem and pseudoprimes.

This branch of mathematics has become relevant with the increased importance of cryptography.

But I also don’t think I’d make a good researcher or academic. My interests are too varied to focus on a single subject.