MATH 458 - Theory of Numbers

3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
This course is an introduction to elementary theory of numbers. Topics include, but are not limited to: divisibility and prime numbers, Euclidean algorithm and applications, congruence arithmetic, primitive roots, quadratic residues, continued fractions, Diophantine linear and quadratic equations, approximations by rationals.

Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: MATH 314

Pre- or corequisite: MATH 291

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