| Course Title: Topics in Algebra: 'Number Theory' |
| Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2022 |
| Description: This course will begin with an introduction to number theory, covering material on congruences, prime numbers, arithmetic functions, primitive roots, quadratic residues, and quadratic fields. We will then continue our study of number theory by picking special topics which might include some of the following: Finite Fields, Prime Factorization of Ideals, Fermat's Last Theorem, Elliptic curves, Dirichlet's Theorem on Arithmetic Progressions, the Prime Number Theorem, or the Riemann Zeta function. |
| Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Tori Day | day22v@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 402 | Weekly |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 | Fourth Hour of Class | Monday | 07:15PM - 08:30PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 402 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: MATH-232, or MATH-206 with instructor permission. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 13 | Available: 5 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Number Theory: In Context and Interactive Author: Crisman, Karl-Dieter Copyright: 2021 Edition: 7 Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Karl-Dieter Crisman |
Required | 0.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: This is a free, open source textbook which you can download here: http://math.gordon.edu/ntic/ntic.pdf In addition to the download, there is also an HTML version which will likely be helpful. |