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104A Autumn 2017


Instructor: James McKernan

Office: APM 6260, Tel. (858) 534-6347

Email: jmckernan [at] math . ucsd . edu

Lectures: TH 11:00-12:20, CSB 004

Office hours: T 10-11; 1-2

Teaching Assistant: Zihao Li

Email: zil108 [at] ucsd . edu

Office hours: T 2-3; W 4-5


COURSE DESCRIPTION

Elementary number theory with applications. Topics include unique factorization, irrational numbers, residue systems, congruences, primitive roots, reciprocity laws, quadratic forms, arithmetic functions, partitions, Diophantine equations, distribution of primes. Applications include fast Fourier transform, signal processing, codes, cryptography.

Prerequisites: Math 109 or Math 31CH

Text Book: Fundamentals of Number Theory, by W. J. Leveque

Additional reading:

Practice questions for the first midterm
Model answers to the first midterm
Practice questions for the second midterm
Model answers to the second midterm

RECENT UPDATE

[10.12.2017]  Starting Oct 17th all lectures will be in CSB 004: cognitive sciences building

[11.14.2017]  2nd midterm covers the material up to lecture 11