Number Theory (Summer 2003)

Information on Math 356:B6 taught by Sasa Radomirovic is kept here.

Final Exam Information

You are allowed to use 1 letter sized, single sided page of handwritten notes (no Xerox copies, no printouts). The notes will be collected with the exam at the end. It is your resonsibility to bring these notes along with you. No calculator will be allowed.

Now that it's all over, here's the final with solutions

Schedule & Office Hours

Office hours are held Mondays before class in the classroom.

Syllabus

Day	Topics planned	Topics covered	Suggested Problems	Homework (due next class)
Wed 5/28	Chapter 1	1.1-1.3	Problem Set 1	Section 1.2: #6
Thu 5/29	3.1-3.2	1.4, 3.1	Problem Set 2	Section 3.1: #10
Mon 6/02	3.3,3.4	3.2, 3.3	Problem Set 3	Section 3.4: #8
Wed 6/04	3.6, Quiz I	Quiz, 3.4	Problem Set 4	Section 3.6: #16
Thu 6/05	4.1,4.2	3.4, 3.6	Problem Set 5	Section 4.1: #4
Mon 6/09	4.3,4.4	4.1, 4.2	Problem Set 6	Section 4.3: #12
Wed 6/11	4.6, Review	4.3, Review	Problem Set 7
Thu 6/12	80min. Midterm       Chapter 2	4.4		2.3: #6 OR 4.1: #34
Mon 6/16	Chapter 6 - Wilson, Fermat, Euler	Chapter 6	Problem Set 8	Section 6.3: #10
Wed 6/18	Chapter 7 - Multiplicative Functions	7.1, 7.2, 7.4	Problem Set 9	Section 7.2: #10
Thu 6/19	Cryptography Introduction	Lecture Notes	Problem Set 10	Homework
Mon 6/23	Chapter 9 - Primitive Roots	9.1, discussed prob. sets 8, 9, 10	Problem Set 11	Section 9.2: #10
Wed 6/25	Chapter 9, Quiz II	9.2, 9.3	Problem Set 12	Section 11.1: #6
Thu 6/26	Chapter 11 - Quadratic Residues	11.1, 11.2, 11.3	Problem Set 13	Section 11.4: #2
Mon 6/30	Chapter 12 - Continued Fractions	12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Wed 7/02	Review	Review
Thu 7/03	Final	Final is cumulative

Course structure and Grades

The final grade will consist of the following parts:

No grades will be dropped. Instead, extra credit problems (see problem sets) can be solved. Extra credit will be applied towards Homeworks and Quizzes (in that order).

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