2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog 
    
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2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MAT 541 - Introduction to Number Theory

3 credit(s) Irregularly
Prime numbers, greatest common divisors, congruences. Euler’s function, Fermat’s theorem, primitive roots, indices, quadratic residues, Legendre and Jacobi symbols, and the quadratic reciprocity law.
PREREQ: ((MAT 375 OR CIS 275) AND MAT 331) OR GRADUATE STANDING IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES