Catalog 2012-2013

MAS 4203 Number Theory (U)

This course teaches students how to explore relationships and formulate conjectures in the areas of divisibility, congruence, Diophantine equations, the Euclidean algorithm, and number-theoretic functions. Formal proofs are developed to support these conjectures. Other topics include the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic and classical theorems of number theory. Development of mathematical thinking is emphasized.

3 credits

Prerequisites

MAC 2313.