MATH 3037 NUMBER THEORY

This course will consider basic properties of the natural numbers. Topics include divisibility, primes, congruences, quadratic residues, Gaussian sums, number-theoretic functions, perfect numbers, distribution of primes, and also irrational, algebraic, and transcendental numbers.

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Credits

4

Prerequisite

Prerequisite: MATH.2023: Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics