Mathematics 250 - Number Theory
Spring
2018
01
4.00
Gregory Call
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM; T 11:30AM-12:20PM
Amherst College
MATH-250-01-1718S
MERR 4; SMUD 206
gscall@amherst.edu
An introduction to the theory of rational integers; divisibility, the unique factorization theorem; congruences, quadratic residues. Selections from the following topics: cryptology; Diophantine equations; asymptotic prime number estimates; continued fractions; algebraic integers. Four class hours per week. Offered in alternate years.
Requisite: MATH 121 or consent of the instructor. Limited to 25 students. Spring semester. Professor Call.