MATH-32700 Introduction to Number Theory

Number theory is the study of the integers. Topics include divisibility, primes, congruences, number theoretic functions, quadratic residues, and primitive roots, with additional topics selected from among Diophantine equations, Pythagorean triples, Fermat's Last Theorem, sums of squares, continued fractions, cryptography, primality testing, and Pell's equation.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MATH 20000 or MATH 24000