Course Description

Mathematics 310a Elementary Number Theory I

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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