MA 556 -- Introduction to the Theory of Numbers

SYLLABUS

Instructor: Dr. Peter Dragnev

Meeting Time: MTWR 5:30-7:15 p.m. -- KT 216

Office: KT 290, tel. 481-6382, e-mail: dragnevp@ipfw.edu

Office Hours: MTWR 11:45-12:30 p.m. and 5:00-5:30 p.m.

Book: Elementary Number Theory, 6th ed. by David Burton

Course Description: I shall cover chapters 1-7, and parts of 9-11. The main content of the course is devoted to divisibility, congruencies, Diophantine equations, number-theoretic functions, perfect numbers, as well as some applications to cryptography and random number generators.

Grading: There will be two tests (25%), and daily homework (50 %).

No make up tests will be given, unless a proper excuse is provided. Enclosed is the tentative teaching schedule.

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
June 29 1.1, 1.2	June 30 2.1, 2.2	July 1 2.3, 2.4	July 2 2.4, 2.5	July 3 Holiday
July 6 3.1, 3.2	July 7 3.2, 3.3	July 8 3.3, 4.2	July 9 4.2, 4.3	July 10
July 13 4.3, 4.4	July 14 5.2	July 15 5.3, Review	July 16 Test 1	July 17
July 20 6.1	July 21 7.2	July 22 7.3	July 23 9.1	July 24 Last day to withdraw
July 27 9.2	July 28 9.3	July 29 10.1	July 30 11.2	July 31
Aug 3 11.3	Aug 4 11.4	Aug 5 12.2, Review	Aug 6 Test 2	Aug 7