Course Description

Mathematics 310a Elementary Number Theory

Divisibility, primes, congruences, theorems of Fermat and Wilson, Chinese remainder theorem, quadratic reciprocity, some functions of number theory, diophantine equations, simple continued fractions.

Antirequisite: Mathematics 240.
Prerequisite: Any course in Mathematics or Applied Mathematics at the 200 level or higher.
3 lecture hours, half course.


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