Mathematics 250 - Number Theory
Spring
2020
01
4.00
Geremias Polanco Encarnacion
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM; TH 09:00AM-09:50AM
Amherst College
MATH-250-01-1920S
SCCE E208; SCCE E208
gpolanco@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. Visiting Assistant Professor Polanco.
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