MATH 5234 - Number Theory (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Introduction to the principal ideas of elementary number theory: Divisibility, congruencies, linear Diophantine Equations, Fermat’s Theorem, Euler’s Theorem, Pythagorean triples and the distribution of primes. Graduate students will be given an extra assignment determined by the instructor that undergraduates will not be required to do.

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in MATH 2332.
Cross Listing(s): MATH 5234G.